We had been married less than a year. My husband was just out of the U. S. Navy and attending the University of Texas at Arlington. I was working for C. P. Waggoner Sales Company in Grand Prairie across the street from Chance-Vought. As the saying was at the time, I was earning my ...
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(An American children’s rhyme) Have you ever been a-fishing on a hot summer’s day Sittin’ on the rocks and a-rocking away With your hands in your pockets And your pockets on your pants Watching the little fishies Do a hoochie koochie dance? (An American children’s rhyme – sung to the tune of Turkey In The Straw.) My Grandmother Nolan taught me this song, and, yes, I have been “a-fishing on a hot summer’s day”.
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As a child, I learned to fish with my mother and her twin brother Joe. The short “jetties” on the northwest side of Amelia Island was a favorite spot. When the tide had receded enough, we would make our way out on the rocks. My mother went first, carrying some of the fishing gear. I foll...
25.07.25 01:11 PM - Comment(s)
CONDOLENCES My thoughts and prayers go out to the grief-stricken people in Texas who have lost loved ones, property, and livelihood. – Mary Nolan Brown
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Do you remember my telling you that I recently realized I was still eating for all the starving children in China? I also realized this did nothing for the children and, as my father would say, made me “pleasingly plump”.
So-o-o, I decided to let the children in China fend for themselves. ...
14.07.25 01:42 PM - Comment(s)
I was told to be careful if I took this path.
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02.07.25 05:06 AM - Comment(s)
When she was young, our daughter would sit on the wood pile in our backyard and sing to the lizards. This inspired the following poem. P.S. Her name isn’t Annie.
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Annie sings to lizards every afternoon.
She sits upon the wood pile and softly sings a tune.
The lizards come out slowly.
They line up – one, two, three.
They cock their heads and move in close.
It’s quite a sight to see.
As she sings, “Show me your blanket...
16.06.25 10:25 AM - Comment(s)