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“Mothers, where would we be without them?” CPW A Tribute A picture memory brings to me: I look across the year and see Myself beside my...

Now the bright morning Star, Dayes harbinger, Comes dancing from the East, and leads with her The Flowry May, who from her green lap...

NYT 4/28/22 She arrived on a ship called the SS America, an 11-year-old refugee fleeing tyranny for freedom. Nearly three-quarters of a...

The world of jazz lost a bright star on Saturday, March 12, 2022, when iconic pianist/composer Jessica Williams passed at her home in...

"Child in a Straw Hat"- oil on canvas by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) I offer you a short story for Easter. Enjoy. As a nonagenarian, I am...

4/10/22 Ketanji Brown Jackson Much has been in the News lately regarding U.S.Supreme Court judges (both Good and Bad) which has led me to...

"There are only two seasons: winter and baseball." ~ Bill Veeck, Jr. "People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball....

4/3//22 The Academy Awards Red Carpet broadcast last Sunday; The Gilded Age currently streaming on HBO Max; and the glass etching in the...

3/20/22 This morning at 11:33 am EDT Spring arrives at Merry Mount. Hooray! At the Spring equinox the sun rises exactly in the east,...

Top o' the mornin' to you! CPW

http://sakurablossoms88.blogspot.com/2011/01/stop-all-clocks-cut-off-telephone.html Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent...

Winter Morning Silhouettes, Shadowed snow, Warm light on crooked rows, Beleaguered beige, Cool blue, Pending... The green of sage,...

Guernica by Picasso On 2/24/22 the world once again experienced unbridled power; the beginning of a war in Eastern Europe; and impending...

Bid Adieu to Girlish Ways Bid adieu, adieu, adieu, Bid adieu to girlish days, Happy Love is come to woo Thee and woo thy girlish ways —...

Happy Valentine's Week Young, often first love, can be all consuming and can leave strong imprints on the heart and mind. Hear four tales...

photo by Annie Leibovitz I find this photo by Annie Leibovitz so compelling that I want to share it with you, share my thoughts about it,...

I’m happily retired. I begin most mornings by reading “The Morning,” a digital version of “news” highlights from The New York Times,...

Tapestry that hangs in the Great Room at Merry Mount There once was a man named McMicken, Who suffered abuse and a lickin’. He feared for...

A bowl that sits on a shelf at Merry Mount I am a man More sinned against than sinning. (Lear, Act 3 Scene 2) They told me I was...

One early morning before Christmas 2021, as I was gazing at the sunrise from my comfortable corner of the sofa in our “sun porch” (my...