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Nov 2, 20231 min read
Fellowship
The wind comes and blows the trees. The leaves rustle in the breeze. The clouds come and are no more. The fallen rain flows to the shore....
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Aug 24, 20231 min read
The Bus
How exciting it is to me When my memory can squeeze The sight of a yellow school bus coming through the trees. We were watching from the...
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Feb 21, 20211 min read
Mr. Blue
Our little blue parakeet died today. It’s life had ran it’s course. For a clean and well stocked home My wife’s hand was the source....
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Feb 15, 20211 min read
Putting Up With Grandpa
We are off to visit Grandpa. He's sure to be around. He doesn't go much these days; Just getting groceries in town. Grandpa sings real...
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Feb 15, 20211 min read
The Yoke
To pull together on a load A wooden beam is made, And on a chosen oxen pair This custom yoke is laid. They walk close together As they...
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Feb 4, 20211 min read
The Plane
My grandsons were pilots When they were only two. They would take off and land. Amazing things they’d do. They had a beauty of a plane Of...
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Feb 3, 20211 min read
West Virginia Food
The deer, the squirrels, the rabbits Are all harvests of the land. The food which God has given To the West Virginia man. Yes we have our...
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Jan 26, 20211 min read
Roasting Hot Dogs
When we were kids on the farm We’d gather around the fire Dressed not in our school clothes But in every day attire. The work was done....
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Jan 26, 20211 min read
Your Hand
I remembered Dear when first we met Your eyes came into view. Then came the day I held your hand. Great happiness we knew. We've walked...
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Dec 30, 20201 min read
Mother
Elizabeth was a farm girl raised from W.VA. soil. She spent her days toiling like a man and not a girl. Her Mother and Father had the old...
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Dec 26, 20201 min read
My Family
Little fingers , little toes I held you on my lap. Often I’d rocked you Till you took your nap. I now gather from my heart Some gracious...
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Dec 17, 20201 min read
The Sit-n Hen
The old biddy would call the chicks. They hurry to her side. Whenever there was trouble It's there they would abide. When the storm...
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Dec 17, 20203 min read
Winter on the Farm
Winter on the farm was in my thoughts today. Cattle gathered in the barn the smell of bales of hay. Calves would need their feeding so to...
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Dec 17, 20202 min read
Summer Joy
Oh the joys of summer When our days of school were through To be done with tests and homework Think of all a boy could do. Picnics with...
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Dec 15, 20201 min read
The Hill
We’ve come a long way since those days upon the hill; My sisters Vic and Debby And my older brother Bill. It seems as it was yesterday...