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4/24/2022

By pwsadmin / April 24, 2022 / Comments Off

A quick Journal Entry. I had a busy day yesterday. I visited several “Garden Centers” buying plants for our Front Porch. I wanted to get the Porch ready before Mother’s Day. Seven plants are what I ended up purchasing for the Porch—seven plants from three different Garden Centers. I hurried home to get the Porch…

4/21/2022 – Days End

By pwsadmin / April 22, 2022 / Comments Off

The ending of this day has been much better than the beginning. Momma had to run an errand with her sister. So, I went to pick up one of my Nieces while Papa went to pick up the other. Papa and I had agreed to meet in Gardendale to eat dinner with the girls.The place…

Good Friday Night

By pwsadmin / April 16, 2022 / Comments Off

—Good Friday Night— It’s Good Friday, 2022. At Night. I can’t sleep, so I decide to ride around.It’s after 10:00 PMThe moon is full, the sky is cloudy, and I see flashes of lightning in the distance. —I can hear the Thunder. This moment feels so familiar to me. Like I’ve done this before.The air…

The Disabled Garden

By pwsadmin / April 16, 2022 / Comments Off

Over the years, I have enjoyed Gardening. —Small Gardening. I would get on my hands and knees and plant the Vegetables that I wanted to grow, and then, each day, I’d get the Weeds out of the Garden and Water the plants.Now, do not think that I’m talking about a Big Garden. No, that’s what…

Love

By pwsadmin / April 14, 2022 / Comments Off

4/13/2022 —Love— I had a Breakdown today. It started over the littlest thing. That’s how they all start.Then, eventually, you get to the truth of the matter. You figure out why you had the breakdown.I began to wail out loud. It was intense. I remembered that one particular surgery, my 30th-something surgery, when my late…

Ridin’

By pwsadmin / April 12, 2022 / Comments Off

The day started with me taking my niece to School early this morning. I don’t know if my niece likes to listen to Old Timey Radio, but that’s what we listen to when she rides with me.Actually, that’s what we listen to every time either one rides with me. Growing up, when I took a…

Nickels

By pwsadmin / April 11, 2022 / Comments Off

—Nickels— I’ve often wondered why counterfeiters can’t make their counterfeits identical to real money. Don’t get me wrong; it’s a good thing that they mess up. And I’m against counterfeiting. Dead against it. It-is-not-for-me. My late brother and I once got into trouble for using a copy machine to copy dollar bills.We were kids, and…

Pecan Pie

By pwsadmin / April 10, 2022 / Comments Off

Well, I guess I’m okay at making Pecan Pies. The family who has tried my pies have all complimented me on them. And, when you do something well, you will get asked to do it again and again. That’s a compliment. So, momma came to my room today and asked if I could make a…

Train Museum Canceled

By pwsadmin / April 5, 2022 / Comments Off

I woke to the Cracking Sound of Thunder and Lightning. It was so loud that my eyes opened right up, and I was awake.I wasn’t even groggy. It woke me straight up. Thunder does that to me if it’s loud enough. And this was loud. —A cracking sound followed by a big boom. “Dang-it, it…

Bread, Bread, Bread

By pwsadmin / April 5, 2022 / Comments Off

—Bread, Bread, Bread — I was looking for something to eat for lunch today. I had walked into the kitchen and was looking in the cabinets. I don’t know if they are cabinets or kitchen cupboards. I know there is a difference, but I don’t know what it is.Anyway. I look on the countertops, inside…