Nina Keenam
Sharing flower cuttings is a joy
Since an elderly gentleman dropped off some plants with delicate white blooms at the Foley newspaper office, I have been fascinated by them. They are ...
Since an elderly gentleman dropped off some plants with delicate white blooms at the Foley newspaper office, I have been fascinated by them. They are ...
During World War II, a father drove his young son around their community on Christmas Eve to see the lighted Christmas decorations. Along the ...
When it is time to take down my Christmas dishes from a couple of shelves in my kitchen every year, I remember my mother’s frantic ...
Do you believe in angels? One cloudy morning, I stepped outside with my raincoat, well-worn rain bonnet and my dilapidated umbrella in my arms. It ...
I enjoy books that make me laugh at times and tug at my heartstrings at others. James Herriot’s fit that description. My husband had macular ...
I was puzzled because my mother called some friends she had not seen in ages “That boy and girl.” I now understand. Although they were ...
Father’s Day. Did you ever wonder how it got started? In searching for its origin, I found accounts of two women who had the idea ...
Have you done an act of kindness today? Washington Irving, an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th Century, ...
Have you ever heard of the Basilosaurus Cetoides? If so, you know that it is our state fossil. In case you might have forgotten, like ...
One day I noticed that bees were whizzing in and out of the bushes of my blooming azaleas. They sipped sweet nectar and moved on ...