A Simple Screwdriver

I like fixing things. 

Not toasters or 

anything electrical 

but getting out a screwdriver 

or wrench excites me! 

Always a good solid feeling 

when my independent streak 

has been nurtured by 

a simple screwdriver. 

There’s cleaning to be done 

if work is to be effective for 

more than a couple of hours. 

Like my vacuum cleaner ~

If layered dust is not cleaned away, 

it just will not work good enough. 

So with my simple screwdriver,

old rags and q-tips - the job gets done.

“I like fixing things.”

~ Richard E. Grant, actor

Short and Sweet

Short and sweet

So much to eat!!

We laughed a lot

We talked more

Heavy is my head

It’s time for bed!

“Small cheer and great welcome make a merry feast.”

~ William Shakespeare

More than 'Thank You'

So many things 

 to be grateful for in this life. 

the list is long, 

  longer than this page, 

    longer than any book

with each passing year, 

  each day is more precious. 

no need to wait til Thanksgiving Day 

  to feel them, 

    to voice them 

to be kind to that youngster 

 who didn’t know that gratitude 

   was anything more than saying 

            ‘thank you’.

“What if, today, we were grateful for everything?”

~ Charlie Brown