spotlight

We had a breeze and one firefly as “My Fair Lady” wrapped up. We didn’t need it, but we liked it. One firefly lingered over the crowd, doubtless confused by the goliath light that poured toward Eliza and Henry Higgens, a powerful light too diffused to become a lover. I love the strange ending of […]

the Heat

the living is easy fish are jumping and the cotton is high your daddy’s rich and your mama’s good looking so hush, little baby don’t you cry Saturday, September 1, 1923, an 8.0 earthquake killed 100,000 people in Japan. Homes shaken into ruins left millions of people homeless. I ran across this bit of history […]

days of the week (clap clap)

Monday’s child is fair of face,Tuesday’s child is full of grace.Wednesday’s child is full of woe,Thursday’s child has far to go.Friday’s child is loving and giving,Saturday’s child works hard for a living.But the child that is born on Sabbath day,Is bonny and blithe, good and gay. I was born on Sunday. Today is Wednesday. Yesterday […]

dock

Hickory dickory dock The mouse ran up the clock The clock struck one The mouse ran down Hickory dickory dock Some people think Hickory dickory dock was a “counting out game,” and you may think you don’t know what that is, but you do. We used eeny, meanie, miney, moe catch a tiger* by the […]