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All My Grammy's Books

2/25/2015

AllMyGrammy'sBooks
a poem about our Grammy

“The Ox Cart Man” where can you be…beneath the

piles before me or hiding near my knee?

Six eyes line the window, hazel and brown, wonder

of wonders a bag full of books has just been found.

Here she comes our teacher grammy…could it be the

“Good Night Moon” or “Free Fall” from leaves high

in a tree?

Tiny fingers hold tight the chairs propped looking up

the driveway, just twenty minutes longer the day

still bright reminds me. “Hello Red Fox” says Eric

Carle as she enters with a bell “The Polar Express”

has her excited this story she has to tell.

Oh joy she longs to share as they sit upon the couch

“Roxaboxen” or “Green Eggs and Ham” if you please,

our "Mama s not a Llama" they laugh and tease.

Their cat comes up beside them as she reads

“Cats here, cats there, cats and kittens everywhere”

while fingers touch her necklace dangling with

white beads.

Oh for such a time as this she loved them through

and through “Blueberries for Sal”, “Make Way for

Ducklings”, “One Morning in Maine” and “Time of

Wonder” the cover written in gold and blue.

For your inquiring, enchanted mind she wrote in

’89, moon snails and spiders are very similar you

know for “Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones” where

eggs are made to grow.

The funny ones we love “There’s a Nightmare in My

Closet” peeping and nestled on the blankets edge

“The Napping House” breaks not my bed when

everyone is sleeping.

Should it end not there for further on she goes and

here she comes again with Lewis in tow. By far a

favorite each summer stuffed in her big black purse,

the chronicles of Narnia where Prince Caspian is

known to say “I don’t like running away” come

jumping off the page.

Yet in another pocket she reveals something new

“The Island of The Blue Dolphin” is torn and

tattered too.

She knits you all a snowflake and gives you each

a kiss while her face is singing sagas of the Sacketts’

in the west, L’Mours’ historical fictions are sitting on

her chest.
Her shelves appear disordered some would even say a

mess, but hands reach out to touch them her books

above her desk.

She signed everyone one she gave you each child

received her best, a scripture to remind them how

wonderfully they’re blessed.

Once asked a person wisely does anyone perceive how

much she loves those written words books

“A” to “Z”.

Most worshiped within her soul the one the

Lord Himself holds.

She prays the words He’s written with each of you

in mind, each one that He has given her

His glory may they find…

The New England Holocaust Memorial

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Musher/Dog Sled Races

2/21/2015

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#Musher/Dog Sled Races and #StreetPhotography

On Saturday February 14th, Dave, my husband, and I went to our first

musher/dog sled race. It was held in Westbrook at Sunset Ridge Golf.

We found the dog sled culture interesting and very friendly. The parking lot

was full of trucks, vans, and trailers; all of which carried the racing dogs and

equipment. The dog owners were very attentive and caring towards their

animals.