Ideas of Peace, July 4
The Dartmouth lads at Powerline have again re-posted the excerpt from Calvin Coolidge’s speech of July 4, 1926. About the Declaration there is a finality that is exceedingly restful. It is often...
View ArticleLoss, Part 1
I apologize that I haven’t been able to post here for awhile. Diseases and sundry disasters have intervened. But, I am back and looking forward to sharing my thoughts and information with you. Loss...
View ArticleGifts from a terrible disease
Sorry I haven’t been able to post lately. I’ve been skirmishing with my cornucopia of miasms and the time I’ve had left has been spent resting between rounds of the battle. I have talked before about...
View ArticleSince I’ve been away…
I am very happy to be here once again posting to my blog. I have missed being able to share my thoughts, feelings and information with you. Unfortunately I have been unable to do even a little...
View ArticleWords
I am thinking about the importance of words. I think most people take words for granted. A friend of mine sent me an article by Tony Judt. He wrote about the importance of words in this family when...
View ArticleMy Beloved
Hello everyone, I am so happy to be able to post in my blog today. As many of you know, I am having difficulty writing, but today I am blessed with the ability to write to you. I read an article...
View ArticleFresh spoor
I follow as closely as I can the tracks of my silkee as she wends her way along the strand. The call of the sea has been strong of late, as she is suffering most grievously here on the shore. Shortly...
View ArticleLand’s End
A long dry spell between posts has come to an end. Her spoor has turned from the stones to the sea. She has returned to whence she came, and will walk these shores no more. She swims free at last....
View ArticleIn the Dead of Night
20140624 ‘iss me. What? (rolling over & kissing her neck) I love you so much . I love you too, dear. I’m having so many memory lapses, it scares me. You have a terrible disease. I miss you so much....
View ArticleDallas Obituary 2
The following notice appeared in the Sunday Dallas Morning News on September 7, 2014: Martha Elizabeth Ward (Nee Hudson) Martha Elizabeth Ward, author, poet, and bhakta, was born July 17, 1960, in...
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