If you enjoy animals, have a youthful heart, and struggle at times to make sense of life, check out my new book, Buckie the Bull and Other Short Stories. Written for ages 10 and older ((fifth grade reading level), these sixteen faith-based short stories of a farm family, their friends, and their animals will warmContinue reading “Buckie the Bull and Other Short Stories”
Category Archives: Animals
Jack in the Sunflower Stalk
Jack nimbly climbed the sunflower stalk The prize in sight his aim Reaching long up its full height Plucked a flower head quite clean “Come look and see,” husband exclaimed “He’s grabbed it with his mouth”Us too slow from laughing hardLost pic of Jack going south With a scamper, a victory hopMouth stuffed full withContinue reading “Jack in the Sunflower Stalk”
“I’ve Been Punky’d!”
“Are you kidding me?” What’s a grandmother to do, but laugh and keep on? There is no other way to deal with some things, especially those surprises that keep poking at one’s patience. It had been a busy week already and I certainly was not expecting this. In my own home no less! It startedContinue reading ““I’ve Been Punky’d!””
A Chicken Noodle Dilemma
Our grandson was heaped in a lump, stuck because he was convinced his drawing of a chicken looked “like a noodle!” We had been laboring a while on a story he was writing for a third grade assignment, that he was to read on a Zoom class meeting. His task – to write about aContinue reading “A Chicken Noodle Dilemma”
Dew Upon The Arbor 