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Most of us are acquainted with Dorothy’s dream journey to return to Kansas from Oz. After many turns down the yellow brick road and...

It has become that time of year at Merry Mount when the chirping of crickets at Twilight and Dawn fill the listening ear. It is...

On an echoing road, trotting in unison, now out of step, now as one again, are two horses saddled together, guided by a single hand. The...

Bravo President Biden! Messy? Yes. Bottom line: Vietnam, Afghanistan, or X, without a clear exit strategy, military campaigns fail and...

Solitary hotel in mountain pass Autumn. Twilight. Fire lit In dark corner young man seated Young woman enters Restless. Solitary. She...

On August 4, 2021, I planted three Bald Cypress trees on the North/East corner of Merry Mount-one for each of our three granddaughters....

This post is the second in a series based upon the Four Elements of Matter: Earth, Water, Air, and Fire Modern physics teaches us that...

7/25/21 Today we celebrate the eighth year anniversary of our move to Merry Mount 7/25/13. The property located outside of Mount...

Morgan was Simon’s companion and our first “granddog”. A Jack Russell terrier, she was a loving rascal. I remember receiving a phone call...

7/11/21 With this post I begin a series based upon the Four Elements of Matter: Earth, Water, Air, and Fire Modern physics teaches us...

Today we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain 245 years ago on July 4, 1776. As...

Over hill, over dale, through bush, through brier, over park, over pale, through flood, through fire, we do wander everywhere, swifter...

Wolivers Easter 2021 KJV: Matthew I, verses 1&2 and 17: The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham....

The Current Having once put his hand into the ground, seeding there what he hopes will outlast him, a man has made a marriage with his...

9/15/1977 I have had my moment in the limelight and now I’m left alone in the city of love. As I open the curtains this morning, I’m...

5/21/21 As we approach Memorial Day 2021, and to celebrate his life and birthday, I offer a reworking of an earlier tribute to my Dad,...

It is time once again to leave Merry Mount and time travel to a place called Nohant, a country estate approximately 155 miles south of...

O wüßt ich doch den Weg zurück, Den lieben Weg zum Kinderland! O warum sucht ich nach dem Glück Und ließ der Mutter Hand? Ah! if I but...

When I Am Among the Trees When I am among the trees, especially the willows and the honey locust, equally the beech, the oaks and the...

4/21/21 Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for...