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The Twinklings Return

I lay back in the hammock, out back of our family farmhouse. It’s always fun to have the grandkids over but they tire me out! They’re napping and I think I’ll do the same. The evening is warm for autumn. The air seems to twinkle. Then the twinkles begin to flutter out of the leaves above…

The Twinklings

The last time I walked this small country road I was a young boy holding my mother’s hand and the trees were saplings. It was spring and the air twinkled. We sang a song we both knew and skipped down the lane. The twinkles began to move. They swirled toward me and circled my head…

Hey! I’m entering a Twitter contest: #FallWritingFrenzy, hosted by Kaitlyn Leann Sanchez, Lydia Lukidis, and Ameerah Holliday. Check out this blog post to see all of the entries!​What I have to do is write a fall-themed piece inspired by one of several provided photographs, and keep it under 200 words! The image that spoke to me is this fall sky. I found…

Hot Cocoa Weather

A surprising drop in temperature today brought on one of the first opportunities to participate in a cherished Fall activity, consuming hot cocoa! Yum. In this case some of my own chocolate company’s product Sweet Steam Craft Chocolates hot cocoa. Of which we have many varieties but I am drinking the regular with marshmallows added.…

This is really my first bloglette

Tomorrow I am heading off to a place that I feel is one of the most beautiful in Michigan. It is peaceful, visually stunning and full of fish I can’t catch – Fletcher’s Pond (see photo heading up my blog). My in-laws have been going there for 5 generations now. I’m intending to see if…

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