Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new sibling. They find out that the new baby is going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael sings to his […]
MEAN MOM
I had the meanest mother in the whole world. While other kids ate candy for breakfast, I had to have cereal, eggs or toast. When others had cokes and candy for lunch, I had to eat a sandwich. As you can guess, my supper was different than the other kids’ also. But at least, I […]
When you thought I wasn’t looking.
A message every adult should read, because children are watching you and doing as you do, not as you say. When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator and I immediately wanted to paint another one. When you thought I wasn’t looking I saw you feed a […]
A Soldier Died Today.
He was getting old and paunchy and his hair was falling fast, And he sat around the Legion, telling stories of the past. Of a war that he had fought in and the deeds that he had done, In his exploits with his buddies; they were heroes, every one. And tho’ sometimes, to his neighbors, […]
THE GIFT OF FORGIVENESS-CHRISTMAS STORY.
The Christmas of 1949 we didn’t have a tree. My dad had as much pride as anybody, I suppose, so he wouldn’t just say that we couldn’t afford one. When I mentioned it, my mother said that we weren’t going to have one this year, that we couldn’t afford one, and even if we could […]
In search of song writers, singers and composers.
I write songs, poems and short stories. Both in Hindi and English. We have posted about fifty songs in English sung by my friend Henry Pajak the well known Australian composer and singer. On the henry Pajak you tube channel. I won’t know if some of you write songs and would like to collaborate with […]
Semper Fi
LELAND DIRKS – AUTHOR·SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2018·3 MINUTES Night comes early in November. The sun sets far south and the shadows are long. Not as long as your memories. Tomorrow is your birthday. Not the one you were born on, but the one that saved your life. You were sixteen. You falsified your birth certificate […]
Favorite Recipes and Clogged Arteries and Diabetes
Favorite recipes for the season and clogged arteries and diabetes, takes a lot of the fun away or does it? I don’t want to give up my very special pumpkin, pecan and apple pie. What would thanksgiving be without them and spiked eggnog and deviled eggs, I wish I had never heard the word cholesterol. […]
THE LAND THAT MADE ME, ME.
Long ago and far away, In a land that time forgot, Before the days of Dylan, Or the dawn of Camelot. There lived a race of innocents, And they were you and me, Long ago and far away In the Land That Made Me, Me. Oh, there was truth and goodness In that land where […]
CHRISTMAS AT THE GAS STATION.
The old man sat in his gas station on a cold Christmas Eve. He hadn’t been anywhere in years since his wife had passed away. He had no decorations, no tree, no lights. It was just another day to him. He didn’t hate Christmas, just couldn’t find a reason to celebrate. There were no children […]
