Monthly Archives: March 2012

Coming back from my French class this evening, there was a beautiful breeze, a sliver of the moon and some twinkle, twinkle little stars that made me feel as if I was a citizen of paradise. The peace and quiet of the night, together with my brain feeling just fried by my efforts to speak the romanticContinue reading “A sliver of the moon and a balmy night in paradise…”

No one likes to talk about the perverse sides of human beings.  All of us have weaknesses, but some of us have ugly sides called bigotry, racism and prejudice. People that want to pretend that we live in a kind of utopian society are on denial or just plain blind and deaf, metaphorically speaking. Here in Sanford,Continue reading “Racism, Bigotry and Prejudice…Alive and present…”

Last night I had a dream…this very dear person, that has gone to Heaven, and I were having a conversation and all I remember about the dream is what this person said, that even in the dream I said “wow! that is so profound.” This is what this person said “If you have not beenContinue reading “Even love has to be taught…”

And you thought that only little boys liked trains.  Well…I better like them a lot, because I have six of them going almost next to my building on a daily basis. This morning during my forced-to-walk there it was… one of them.  This time a cargo or freight train.  I cannot help it, but IContinue reading “Vintage chicks like trains too…Here comes the train…Six times a day…”

What do you do with old apples, totally ignored for over four months, because I am on a kick for cantaloupes right now; and a box of old dried raisins. Well…if you are like me, I do not like to waste anything, and like to repurpose almost everything…do not like to throw things out…you become creativeContinue reading “Concoction of old apples…old raisins…and voila!”

This is my bounty from a trip with my 90-year-old girlfriend to our Community Garden.  First, I couldn’t open the lock, even though the combination was in place.  Then a city employee was passing by and I asked him if the combination had been changed, so he called the city and the combination was correct. Continue reading “Community Garden Trip…”

Sometimes we take so much for granted.  The beauty of a flower, a rock, a scenery, and sometimes we even take friends, family and so many other things for…granted. This morning during my whenever-I feel-like-it-walks, there was this scent in the air.  I kept my rapid pace, but stopped by some orange trees along my walk,Continue reading “Gifts of Nature…Orange Blossoms…”

Sometimes you don’t realize how much you miss people or places, until you have the opportunity to see them again.  This happened to me for the past two weeks, but yesterday was my wake up call. Raylene and Richard, graceful North Carolinians, hope this is the way you call people from that beautiful state, cameContinue reading “North Carolina back into my life…what a nice surprise!”