Author Archives: Lanny
We’re Home, I’m Glad, But Cranky
I’m home and I’m glad. I’m glad to be back in the company of Dirt, glad for being surrounded with familiarity. A change freak, party girl, recognizes that she needs, needs, familiarity and quiet. If you desire to see the cute and fuzzy side of the fair check out Kathy’s Spot on Cedar Pond, she … Continue reading
For Elise
Well here it is slightly unedited and definitely not finished but I gotta get the turkeys down to the fair. Mark was flat out spent. He had come through a restless night, constantly waking to make sure she was still there, still alive, still breathing. All night her breath was sweet, her face tender in … Continue reading
I’m Writing As Fast As I Can
I am attempting to write a story and it is beginning to take on a life of its own. The story is for participation in a writer’s challenge at A Word In Edgewise Potrait of Words #1 (his spelling not mine). But I am also trying to get ready to take a display of turkeys … Continue reading
"You Did It To Me"
And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’ “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for … Continue reading
Is There Any Thing Cuter?
Come on is there anything, anything in the world that could be any where near as cute as Dirt in a back hoe, the driver’s seat of a backhoe. Think about it! Well Dirt’s daughter could be lots cuter. And pretty skilled too. Dirt has Elisabet cleaning out the ram pens because pretty soon the … Continue reading
Frankly Speaking Friday
I know I said that I was going to save anything civical (political) for Wednesday, but I just need to let ‘er rip again today because if I wait I ….. So maybe yesterday morning when I went into town to get Anne and Abbey and bring them out for their Thursday riding lessons, I … Continue reading
What Do You Remember? How Do You Remember?
Something I came across. I’ve thought this for years, I’m not qualified to say so, but this fellow has credentials. Q. Is there such a thing as closure? Does grieving ever end? A. Closure is a bad word, overused five or 10 years ago, and people in my world are not using it anymore, because … Continue reading
Somethings Political
Which of course has less than desirable connotations, but we all engage in it in someway, even if we don’t vote we still end up being governed by those we didn’t vote for or against. Looked up political and found the first two definitions: 1. of, pertaining to, or concerned with politics: political writers.2. of, … Continue reading
Diggin In
The Dirt Man The dirt claw, ain’t it handsome The island in the pond that Mike dug out, mighty fine job. Thanks Mike! But more must be done. Chomp, chomp. The black prongy thing under the yellow arm is called a thumb. The operator can leave it in this position and bring the bucket to … Continue reading
Something Is Going Off The Needs/Wants List
Or is that the wants to needs list? Just wanted to say that a new mattress is coming off the list because Dirt put a board (thick plywood) under my side of the bed and the last couple of mornings I have gotten up feeling as good if not better when I went to bed. … Continue reading
