“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi
Originally posted on Crooked Creek:
Carol of the Brown King by Langston Hughes Of the three Wise Men Who came to the King, One was a brown man, So they sing. ? Of the three Wise Men Who followed the Star, One was a brown king From afar. ? They brought fine gifts Of spices…
I’ve been making these cookies since the 1980s and they are still a family favorite. The recipe was given to me by a sweet elderly neighbor, Helen Peters. I think of her each time that I make them which includes today. They are easy. Give this recipe a try! Forgotten Cookies 2 egg whites at […]
at my feet in a postage stamp yard behind a small bungalow i have the world at my feet “my world”… of speckled starlings and common house sparrows… Carolina wrens and cardinals… chipmunks who scurry about beneath the fern fronds and boxwood… and families of gray squirrels who travel the branching highways of the mighty […]
The Good News Bees have been declared the most important living being on the planet by the Earthwatch Institute. Seventy percent of the world’s agriculture depends exclusively on bees for pollination which enables plants to reproduce. A study conducted in Chili with the support of the Foundation for Agrarian Innovation (FIA), concluded bees are the […]
Why Own a Dog The most obvious reason is that they are wonderful pets who bring immense joy to one’s life. As pointed out in an earlier post https://crookedcreek.live/2019/03/06/staying-alive/ owning a dog may help you to live longer. This is strongly indicated in a recent study published in the peer-reviewed journal “Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes” of the […]
