The crest of a wave washes over the sand, soft and serene as if it were planned. A sand dollar settles by a blow hole, the rippling sounds are good for the soul. Far out to sea a vessel plows on, a silver wake and then it is gone. It carries someoneContinue reading “Pacific”
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The Love in Your Eyes
The Love in Your Eyes Letters and words and numbers fade from black into grey, Lines and angles and circles specked and dotted they’ll stay. Faces and flowers and paintings are dreary and drab, Sometimes I can’t see a dot, a dash or a dab. The shadows of mountains and the vistas between, Are justContinue reading “The Love in Your Eyes”
Chasing History (Draft) PT I
Chasing History Few of us make history. We all live through it though. It shocks us, shapes us, strengthens us and gives us direction. We survive the great events of our time, learn from them and move forward. Within the march of our personal histories, we see thousands of events, big and small. We experienceContinue reading “Chasing History (Draft) PT I”
Dr. Seuss at Mar-a-Lago
Dr. Suess at Mar-a-Lago I did not take the secret docs So did not need no brand-new locks I did not try to launch a coup I did not do like you-know-who -George Conway I did not take them to my hut But if I did so fu**ing what I will not tell you whatContinue reading “Dr. Seuss at Mar-a-Lago”
Fly
Spread your wings and fly, up there in the sky. Leave us old ones behind, no more our lives entwined. Go boldly from the nest, an unbound life the quest. The parting bittersweet, as surly bonds retreat. Go and climb the summit, the big sky has no limit, We knowContinue reading “Fly”
Hitler’s Mercedes?
In 1955 a Mercedes-Benz 770 purported to have belonged to Adolph Hitler toured Montana. As a 10-year-old I saw it in Glasgow. I remember it being inside a tractor trailer rig. The space was cramped, so I didn’t get much of a look. I was curious and just starting to learn about Hitler andContinue reading “Hitler’s Mercedes?”
Dachau
Work will make you free, the sign above the gate, but on the inside, there was nothing but the hate. Because it was the first, it remains forever cursed, though it was not the worst, it fed the Nazi thirst. Silent, still and somber, the trees don’t even sway, is it anyContinue reading “Dachau”
Leona DeLay’s First Marriage
Leona married Calvin Stockton in 1905. They had two children, Belle and De. They lived in Anadarko, Oklahoma until the marriage fell apart about 1914. Loney told some of the story to cousin Dayla. Grandma Loney told me some stories about her time in Anadarko. She was married to the Stockton guy. And she hadContinue reading “Leona DeLay’s First Marriage”
The Girl From The Ozarks
By Myranda Belle DeLay Covey I was born in Centerville Iowa, February 7-1892. I remember very little about Iowa, as we traveled by covered wagon to the Ozark Mountains in MO. when I was 4 years old. I remember that my 1 sister and 3 brothers and me were hurried to the neighbor’s house toContinue reading “The Girl From The Ozarks”
“Rattlesnake” Sykes
Found this great old poem by a Montana pioneer who got bitten by a Rattlesnake (twice). I copied it and put it on his findagrave memorial. At some point in his life as a cowboy, Harry Sykes was bitten twice by a Rattlesnake. It was nip and tuck getting him to Glasgow for treatment. ThenContinue reading ““Rattlesnake” Sykes”
Outlaws, Outrages and Outright Lies 