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Drop Scones
The fun of baking with Grandmother or her sister, the watching, stirring, smelling, tasting … Such good memories … DROP SCONES (Triolet) the recipe came from Great Aunt Bee who added things while I stirred as a four-year-old at … Continue reading
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Tagged aromas, food, memories, poem, relationships, taste
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Distant songs
I was watching kids on a playground the other day, remembering games I played in the long ago, such fun it was, even the remembering. I don’t think the games or pranks have changed much … DISTANT SONGS the game … Continue reading
Posted in children, children's games, poem
Tagged children, games, imagination, memories, poem, pranks
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The War Amps Kid
We’re nearly up to Remembrance Day, a special day for veterans and their families, but also for the people who march in the parade perhaps for the first time … THE WAR AMPS KID the boy marches to the beat … Continue reading
Posted in children, parade, poem
Tagged band, friends, joy, poem, Remembrance Day, uniform
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Three bird haiku
Birds, summer or winter, a joy wherever they are, whether in flight or singing their hearts out from a branch. And then there’s their imitators, animal and human … red-winged blackbird sings from the reeds maples in bud ***** high … Continue reading
Taller Than Five
And then there’s the fun side of living: watching a child standing tall, people dancing in the street, face-painting, finding the first snowdrop, all the small joys of everyday … TALLER THAN FIVE he balances on the wooden bench taller … Continue reading
Posted in adventure, children, children's games, game, poem
Tagged children, imagination, poem
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The Bowl
I have one particular bowl, in use for years, but these days I put my evening meds in it. The memory of its making is a treasure and using it a continual reminder … THE BOWL a child’s hands poked … Continue reading
In My Atlas
A bird’s or a child’s view of the landscape can be so different from what the map shows, or our own limited view … IN MY ATLAS the twisted grin of a rural road seen by a crow on its … Continue reading
Single
How do people manage on Social Assistance when they have kids, rent to pay, groceries to buy? Are they able to work even part-time? find time to play? … A SINGLE one slim bag of groceries three kids and no … Continue reading
High Style
Is anything more fun than taking a child to the park? Watching her, or him, on the slides, checking out all the equipment, just plain having fun? … A HIGH STYLE he swooshes down the long yellow slide wearing green … Continue reading
Sandbox
Today we remember those who have died in war, and we long for a time when there is peace in our hearts, in our hands, in our world … Remembrance Day … SANDBOX let there be a time when darkness … Continue reading
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