For years
the children begged Dad
for a horse, but he would
have none of it. “Horses
are not toys,” he’d
say. He knew, from working
with them while growing
up. They need a lot of
pasture space. Besides
we were trying to establish
a dairy farm...
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When
I was a little girl I had
a secret hideaway down
beside our creek where
I went to be alone with
my thoughts.
The grassy
edge dropped abruptly down,
making a perfect place
to sit and splash bare
feet in the water below.
Smooth stones lined the
creek bottom here and poplar
leaves filtered out the
hot sun making it a perfect,
little paradise... Read
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Microwave ovens, cell phones,
refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, automatic
garage door openers, timers, televisions and
thermostats are counted among the necessities
of life, these days. When I was a young country
school teacher I lived in a house that had
none of these, and yet, I remember it as one
of the best homes I ever had.... Read More
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