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In The Stillness Of Late Years

Dear diary...a poem remembering day trip along coastal path while on a single parent holiday retreat in Devon. June 1985. Struck by father time, as...

Bombs Away!

It's easy to misinterpret things in mental health care. For example, older people are often considered to be in the early stages of dementia if they...

Mom and King Solomon

This article is about my late mother and King Solomon as well. My mother turned out to be a better person than King Solomon. When Solomon was young,...

Maria's Diary 20

Chapter 20 Watchman tell us of the night, what its signs of promise are. Traveler, o’er yon mountain’s height, see that glory-beaming star. Watchman...

Maria's Diary 19

Chapter 19 Chase and change are ever busy Man decays and ages move; But His mercy waineth never God is wisdom, God is love. June 25, 1837 We have...
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Maria's Diary 18

Chapter 18 O how long-suffering, Lord! but Thou delightest To win with love the wandering - Thou invitest, By smiles of mercy - not by frowns or...

Maria's Diary 17

Chapter 17 Another election Father and Savior! plant within that bosom The seeds of holiness - and bid them blossom In fragrance and in beauty bright...

We Were Lions

We Were Lions in our younger days able to drive foot heavy on the pedal where gravel roads like ribbons in the country-side accepted grudgingly an 80...
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When We Were Young

This is an attempt at a poem about being eight in 1962, the last summer before moving onto pastures new. Childhood roads were many like the traces of...