HOW ABOUT SOME CHOCOLATE? Nobody had offered Bertie chocolate before. His mother had never allowed him to have chocolate. And quite right, too! Bertie was not...
Author - Andrea Kidd
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EINSTEIN’S HAIR There’s lichen called “Einstein’s Hair”. I wonder if this is it. Whatever this lichen is called, it is certainly thriving. Growing and happy in...
MAC Mac was most endearing. I was captivated by his gaze. He was just out for his morning walk, but he stepped away from his walking buddies and let them pass...
A PROSY ODE TO WASHING DISHES Our dishwasher doesn’t wash dishes any more. I press the buttons and nothing happens. It needs a new thingummy – an electronic...
WHERE IS HOME? A tall slender man, with jet-black skin, sits on the parched dusty ground in front his new home. One knee of his long legs points up into the...
HIDDEN TREASURE Pirates are bad, and they seek buried treasure. I am not a pirate but I did discover some buried treasure. I said I am not a pirate but I have...
TREASURE FOR THE HEART “Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.”1 What was she treasuring? What was she pondering after the coarse...
WARY OF THE WOLF ‘Who’s afraid of the big, bad wolf, the big, bad wolf, the big bad wolf? Who’s afraid of the big, bad wolf…..’ Hmmm…how does that...
A MISUNDERSTANDING! Ruby’s mom and dad like to run. Sometimes they train for a marathon. Sometimes they run for fun. Ruby is two and half years old. It is...
EXPECTATIONS! I went on a bus trip with some friends the other day. We stopped at the Ice Cream Shop on the way home. It was a hot day and I joined the lineup...
