Monthly Archives: July 2008

Little Gal Visits the Valley Day 2

Posted on July 31, 2008 by imgpat

She came crying to Grandma, and he went stomping home to his bedroom. "Bradley went home. He said he won’t play with me anymore." "What happened," Grandma wanted to know. "He wouldn’t take turns. He wouldn’t share. It was my … Continue reading →

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Little Gal Visits the Valley

Posted on July 30, 2008 by imgpat

The valley is always a good place, but sometimes it’s a better place. This week is one of its better times. Little Gal is visiting Grandma. She’s four years old now, almost five, and this fall she’ll go to preschool. … Continue reading →

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1932 – 2008

Posted on July 28, 2008 by imgpat

September 10, 1932 July 27, 2008   Rabbi Zusya:     In the world to come, I shall not be asked, "Why were you not Moses?" I shall be asked, "Why were you not Zusya?"     I Was Country When … Continue reading →

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Away For a Time

Posted on July 25, 2008 by imgpat

  Old Friends and New: I must be away for awhile I’ll be back as soon as I can. Come, Rest Awhile Lucy Maud Montgomery Come, rest awhile, and let us idly stray In glimmering valleys, cool and far away. … Continue reading →

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The Old Garage

Posted on July 25, 2008 by imgpat

  This mess is a place!  Author Unknown (I think it was me.) It began life as a garage when the home was built in the 1930s. There were no walls (except for the outside ones), no floor (it was … Continue reading →

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Return of the Willow

Posted on July 24, 2008 by imgpat

  The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree.The gardener objected that the tree was slow growing and would not reachmaturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, ‘In that case, there is no timeto lose; … Continue reading →

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This Too Shall Pass – Savage Summer Storm

Posted on July 22, 2008 by imgpat

      Today, no early morning walk carried us from the village, down the back road, to wherever we might have trekked. Bold, black sky topped the valley like a chocolate dipped dairy cone. Thunder boomed and rumbled with … Continue reading →

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They Can Put a Man on the Moon, But….

Posted on July 22, 2008 by imgpat

"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." President John F. Kennedy Neil Armstrong   How many … Continue reading →

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Sunday Walk Along Prattle

Posted on July 21, 2008 by imgpat

(It’s there. Look closer. A little closer. There. See it now?) Hey, Moon, are you going the wrong way? This is early morning, the beginning of day. Time for you to leave the sky. The sun’s already coming by.   … Continue reading →

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American Life in Poetry – Piano

Posted on July 20, 2008 by imgpat

There is little time to write today. I give you a poem from American Life in Poetry instead. May we all have good breezes that blow across us. American Life in Poetry: Column 173 BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE, … Continue reading →

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