I love my Adirondack chairs on the back porch! When we first moved in last April, our dining table sat vacant for months as we enjoyed the spring and summer dining outdoors! One thing we’ve learned, however, after popping the fire out of each other one time too many, is that static electricity builds up …
Fragrant
It amazes me how a simple smell can conjure up mental images rich with memory! Elephant ears, french fries with vinegar, candy apples and cotton candy color in a cool autumn evening at the State Fair. All at once I’m picturing my firstborn on the swing ride with his daddy before there were three! Freshly …
Taste!
Red Velvet with rich Butter Cream frosting- my husband’s favorite cake is as beautiful as it is delicious. It’s also my youngest son’s favorite, his special request for his wedding cake. His sister did the honors and it was beautiful and delicious! I can describe in vivid detail-its airy yet dense texture, its vivid color …
Listen!
Long after the conversation ended, I replayed it in my head. Had I said the right thing? Could I have replied differently? I was beginning to feel like a text message without emojis, possibly misunderstood. In an effort to sleep, I flung a prayer heavenward. “Lord, please help him hear my heart!” Communicating with our …
See!
I saw my first butterfly of the season the other day. Golden like the sun outlined in black, floating on the wind as I walked with my husband and the Danes through the woods. It almost collided with my forehead as I was focused on finding good footing on the path. It was gone in …
Focus
My thoughts are like an old school cartoon snowball. What starts as a speck gains momentum and magnitude as it rolls around inside my head picking up other ideas and thoughts until it fills the available space and crushes my mood like the tiny town at the bottom of the cartoon slope! Writing or talking …
Whatever!
Words grow and change over time like children, stretching the skin they’re in, filling out and maturing. Sometimes they seem to contradict themselves but they must stay true to their essence or they are forgotten and used no more; outdated, deleted, spent. We are limited by our language at times so we devise words that …
Allison LeAnn (with a capital “A”) Ross
Yes, I use my middle name and there’s an uppercase letter where it doesn’t belong. I have my mother to thank for all the explaining I’ve done over the years. Eventually you just answer to the first name and grumble about it later! Here I am, the gal who always thinks of the perfect reply …
A Fitting Reply 