by Barbara Smith | Dec 28, 2021 | Personal Pigeonholes, Understanding the Times
Once again the seasonal programming that my favorite public broadcasting radio stations promote smacked me out of a forthcoming funk. Each year its every-where -ness startles me! Whoever decided what to play when, their selections are again venues of seasonal... 
by Barbara Smith | Dec 22, 2021 | Personal Pigeonholes
I am repeating a post that Doug wrote about hope many years ago after his brother-in-law, Dick McGrew’s death. It bears repeating in these uncertain times. The Excitement on the Landing … The home where I grew up had a second-floor landing which ran between my... 
by Barbara Smith | Dec 21, 2021 | Personal Pigeonholes, Understanding the Times
Thanks to a surge of a variant of the virus that “simplified” Christmas last year, Christmas 2021 just got a whole lot simpler! Well, I’ve been grousing for years that Christmas, etc was too much hype.* Couldn’t we just simplify our festivities, and focus on the... 
by Barbara Smith | Nov 9, 2021 | Personal Pigeonholes
A Grand Day it Was . . . It was a grand day, even for a Monday. Nature and a string of green lights conspired to promote emotional peace and harmony as I journeyed to an appointment. I had left with plenty of time to make the 11:00 AM doctor’s appointment AND I... 
by Barbara Smith | Aug 5, 2020 | Personal Pigeonholes
“Wait,” I said to Doug, “they don’t bloom in August.” I thought I was seeing things on our walk. Hurrying toward the old towering magnolia, I was focused on a pristine bud amongst dark green foliage. That just shouldn’t be there, I told myself, thinking the...