She made it to the big red barn on the edge of the farm. The door was flapping in the boisterous wind. She counted, “one, two, three” and ran inside the door while it was open. Finally, she was safe inside the big red barn. She tried with all her might to close the door, …
One Day At A Time….
This statement is easier said, than lived out, especially at this moment in our history. As we are all “Safer At Home”, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, I know many are ready to get back to normal. We are so used to doing what we please, when we want to, and how we want to at …
Dad’s Day Off
Adventure was always a treasured commodity on dad’s day off. We would all sleep in well as much as possible with four little boys. I would make a delicious breakfast that included eggs, bacon, hash browns, and toast and of course gravy too. Once that was consumed, which happened in lightening speed, cleaned up the …
My Way (Excerpt)
“Oh, what a lovely maidin it is,” Anna Lee O’Donovan proclaims as she walks through the pasture on her parents’ farm in the wee town of Killarney. This is a fishing town, but her Da is a farmer by choice. Anna Lee is a bright thirteen- year old girl with a mind of her own. …
Emerge From The Fog
Pen and paper stand in readiness poised to produce Desiring to be used to fulfill their purpose of existence And yet they wait The user of the tools sits in a fog mindless at best waiting for the words to flow But they are stuck in concrete as it were motionless - cold nearly dead …
Cycle of Life
Why does the sun rise? Why do chicken’s crow? How come morning comes so early? Why is morning’s first coffee the most satisfying? Why does time go so fast? Why do days turn to months, and months turn to years? How does gray hair appear when wisdom finally arrives? Why does life end once …
Tree Fashions
tall and majestic ever reaching to the sky you are a home more like a statement fashioned for every season who will adorn you? summer - a shade of protection who will you protect? stranger alone and afraid autumn – brilliant colors and swirling leaves who is hiding? caught in a tragedy …
Laughter Along The Journey (Excerpt)
Most girls grow up with grand career plans, I however only dreamed of being a wife and mother. It wasn’t a half thought out desire, but a full on driving force in my life. At the age of 14, I met the most amazing guy. He was the president of my church youth group. He …
Ode To Snow – Elegy (Lyric)
The sun is shining brightly Birds are singing spritely Tears rolling down my face You no longer fill the space Your lacey white flakes A smile no more it makes You are gone, gone, gone Your brilliance is as bright as day Giving many a chance to play A blanket of peace be still …
Katrina
In the summer of 2005 on August 29 life it did change. She came in with a force not to be reckoned with. The winds they did blow, the waves were higher than an elephants eye. Her mission, her purpose, her driving force was destruction. Nothing left standing in her wake. A battle field of …
LaDonna Fridenmaker~Writer 