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If the Liberty Bell could talk… Seems like a long time ago, I was in Philadelphia for a conference. While there, one of my goals was to see the Liberty Bell. In my mind, the Liberty Bell was this huge metal bell with a crack in it. I imagined that its peal would be heard…

A storm-felled tree and, not three months later, the tree is sprouting. If this tree were in a forest, as the mother tree decomposed, the twigs would compete for dominance on their mother’s decomposing body and only one would win to rule the clearing made by its mother and her home for hundreds of years.…

I missed it! In Season 6 of Perry Mason, there was a judge who was Black. However, the writers and/or producers gave him no lines to speak. Probably to appease the racist South that would not broadcast a show that featured a Black person in a position of authority. Because of that, neither Perry nor…

I just happened to look out the window when I saw, what I thought were two cats, streaking toward the abandoned railroad. Curious, I went out to see if the cats were running from something or just chasing each other. Was I surprised to see two rabbits, well fed rabbits, resting under a tree in…

I think Perry Mason‘s theme is the trigger for many of my memories. I hadn’t given much thought to my childhood. I grew up on a dusty gravel road that had few residents and was little traveled. The mailman was the only constant. Sometimes the county sent a grader to even out the ruts and,…

The purple iris is Tennessee’s State flower. I have four beds of irises–all different colors. When I was growing up, we called them Flags”. Interesting side note: Irises were commonly known as “Flags” up until the early part of the twentieth century. Irises were called “Flags” which is derived from the middle English word “flagge”…

Constitution of the United States: Article II   Yet, we have a president who has said in an interview in answer to the question–“Don’t you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?” This is in the oath of office he’s taken twice, and yet he replied, “I don’t know. I have to respond…

Everywhere I go, and I do it to, people are staring at their phones. Maybe, like me they’re playing a game, especially when waiting or riding. In the past, I could not hold my entertainment in my hand and entertainment wasn’t instantly accessible. Now, it seems, people do not want to engage with reality and…

Seems like a long time ago and I guess it was. There was a tiny town, more like a grouping of buildings along a country road. At one time there was a button factory in this little town. When I was a little girl, the button factory was long gone, the train no longer stopped…

THe only thing missing from this picture of the moon is the haunting song of the whip-poor-will. In the summer, the whip-poor-wills were the heralds of deep dusk which meant it was time to go inside and get ready for bed. Now, I live in the city and I don’t remember the last time I…