Crooked Creek by Sue Mattingly
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi
Please read this post from January 2019: https://crookedcreek.live/2019/01/23/pollinators/ Here we are sixteen months later and the EPA has finally begun to acknowledge what research has shown for years: that neonic pesticides pose serious risks to bees, birds, other wildlife — and even human health. But, rather than taking sweeping measures to crack down on neonics, […]
What colors inspire you and how do they inspire you, what feeling do they evoke? My Answer Yellow is my favorite color and I believe that is inspired by the daffodils that bloomed when my daughters were born in March. Daffodils are pure, bright, and beautiful. To me, their appearance in springtime heralds new life […]
Stay inside! Wash your hands! Wear a mask! Stay 6 feet apart! I realize all this is essential. As an extra high-risk senior, I appreciate the guidance, but it is sure getting redundant! I have been mostly inside since March 16th and I am bored. Yes, I need a haircut and a visit to the […]
“We . . . would like to start a petition that all teachers get paid $1.71 million . . . per day.” John Kransinski, after homeschooling. “Use this time to spread kindness, check in on your family and friends, and, of course, no biting.” Arnold Schwarzenegger “We’re realizing how much we need each other, how we’re […]
Various Definitions of Hypnosis The induction of a state of consciousness in which a person apparently loses the power of voluntary action and is highly responsive to suggestion or direction. Its use in therapy, typically to recover suppressed memories or to allow modification of behavior by suggestion, has been revived but is still controversial. Webster’s […]
Another Poem by Sylvia find me look among my wealth of nature’s bounty… among feathers, acorns, and a harvest of dried leaves… among the marbles and arrowheads that i plucked from the ground… and the skeleton keys and old coins that rose from there as well look among my treasure chest of cherished things… the […]
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey I cannot explain why this book has such a hold on me, but I have read it four times. It was copyrighted in 1962. I was introduced to it by my psychiatric nursing instructor in the early 70s. I saw the movie and re-read the book […]
the earth could heal if we were gone the earth could heal we see the evidence now that viral pandemonium has herded us into seclusion nature has begun to breathe again… the air and water have cleared as we have been forced to shrink back in isolation but even after this pandemic has passed will […]
May Is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month Now that warm spring weather is here we see more motorcycles. We also hear them revving up beside us. I used to find that loud sound intimidating but now I know that for the most part they are loud so that we know they are there. Too often motorcycles […]
Do you know the meaning of Cinco de Mayo? Most Americans do not and we probably celebrate it anyway with Mexican food and maybe a margarita or two. Cinco de Mayo actually means May 5. It marks the day of Mexico’s unlikely defeat of Napoleon’s French army in 1862. Happy Cinco de Mayo to our […]
“physically distant” by Pat Bush I plan to stay “physically distant”, Not giving up for a day or an instant. Yes, it is hard and NOT the norm, In any way, shape, or form. My heart is aching for those not paid, For graduations, proms, canceled, or delayed. Yet if we’re careful for some months […]
The Kentucky Derby This year’s Kentucky Derby will be the 146th running of three-year-old thoroughbreds. Known as the fastest two minutes in sports this horse race attracts people from all around the globe. Beginning in 1875 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY the Derby runs on the first Saturday in May. It is preceded by […]
