I love your Charlie Brown pillow story. You do have a wonderful way with words!  

Do you know what I just realized? I am 100% serious when I say that your blog reminds me of the American Literature that I used to study when doing my Master's Degree in English. There is so much depth to everything that you write; it is just like the literature that people study and turn to for insight and meaning in life. Now that is an exceptional talent to have!  

MORNING GROUP
since I have lots of basketball to watch today I hope you do not mind my using a little something I wrote around Christmas...hope you enjoy


THE CLOCK
For about 30 years on the wall between my dining room and the living room has hung "The clock".  It is an old school house version with a pendulum and chimes or dongs on the hour and half hour.
Recently during my "time out" with the hip and nestled among the pillows in my recliner it suddenly occurred to me that something was wrong.  I could not hear the tick tock of the clock nor the chimes.
Now I counted on that clock as in the middle of the night I could hear it ring out the time all the way  in the bedroom.  It had been there forever.
Now from my nest of pillows in my recliner would not let me look at it to see what could be wrong.
Now "The Clock" was my husband's project.  ..he kept it running...winding it on a certain day and nudged the hands around when because of age it got a little behind.  he had certain marks on the wall where it must be in for balance...But husband is gone he died in March and I must confess "The Clock" has been neglected.  SOMEONE would wind the time as well as the dong..on any day just when someone thought of it
Finally getting out of my chair I went to the clock..yes it had run down and as I opened the face of the clock that just seem to be hanging so I wound it for the time as well as the dong....I gave the pendulum a swing to get it going but it seem to be tired and the dong simple would only give out a thud...
As I looked at the clock I thought what is this telling me..that time is running out and I will soon no longer be able to have time...well so be it..it is not in my hands but someone higher than I...and I went back to my nest of pillows...
Now after several days of silences yesterday I went to the clock and looked at and opened the face....and suddenly it chimed...promise as I was standing in front of it..I swear to the truth..It chimed out 8 times and as I looked at it ...maybe I have been given more time..maybe something else I need to do...
and "The clock" has run and played the dong every since..
love to all
redbird

Loving your reflections Redbird.

My kids had a great book called Bootleg by Alex Shearer, about just that. One of those books  that I enjoyed reading with them, loved it when we found books so well written that they are engaging for adults, and we could share a love of reading in  a new way, and they would, and still do, pass books on to me to read.

Ruth

BIG CHANGE AT THE FARM....
well only in Oklahoma can events change Foote the cat who really thinks she is a dog...into believing that she is a cat..
in case you do not know only in our state can you have thunder, hail, lighting, sleet and snow and blizzard winds all in the time period of 4 hours...yup only in Oklahoma.  Well the storm that I told you about came and is here...and wind chills of -10 and all the stuff that goes with that..snow drifting up ..who knows how high ...now son was out in the snow this morning delivering bird seed to those little creatures who were out ...and he also waded out to the paper box for my morning paper......that was more than a nice gesture.
But to get back to the BIG NEWS..Foote with her usual demand wanted out this morning for her duty..but on opening the door and pushing the snow back..she decided that she would be a cat for the day..her fresh and unused litter box is sitting waiting for her use...and unless she wants to disappear in the snow drifts and since she is white..we might never find her..
hope your day goes well and you are safe and warm and fuzzy
redbird
ps ..working on a way to post a picture of Foote for you...thinking

redbird,

I have decided that my aunt, who is about 10 years older than you, and a wonderfully witty writer, needs to read your blog! She would love your stories, and it might inspire her to record her own on a more regular basis. I am going to print them for her and I know that she will enjoy them immensely!

OK who ever was rude and mean to Mother Nature....APOLOGIZE!!!!
enough already..things are totally out of control most every where..and I have snow on top of snow and snow and snow..I realize that some places are worst but Mother Nature needs to calm down..if anyone has her phone number please call her.
redbird

I like this ...it's a line out of a new book that I am reading....

Worry is like chewing gum...eventually it runs out of taste and you have to spit it out....
redbird