NaPoWriMo Day 3

the prompt for day 3: write a poem in the form of a letter to fan or celebrity

Ode to Dale Evans

A woman with character

Strength, grit and beauty

Accomplished, earthy cowgirl


With courage and attitude

Dale Evans faced her world

Full of "go get em" spirit


Cowgirls forever choose right

Defending those who

Are down and out, defenseless



"Cowgirl is an attitude..."

Dale wrote, a life code

One we can use as a guide.

NaPoWriMo

The prompt for April 2, write about family.

Robbed of her birthright

as firstborn

Life full of struggle 

Dinner

A lune for NaPoWriMo 2016

(5-3-5 pattern of words or syllables)

Dinner with the crowd

Delicious

Conversations, too

Spring Tulips

Tulips blooming now

Brightly colored, reaching up

To the sun's warm glow

SOL #16 Day 31

Some numbers in my life:

2 children in my 1st grade class

3 years to earn BS in Elem Ed  

4 # principals I worked with in 29 yrs

5 years worked in the shoe factory

6 # jobs all for 1 school district

7 shoe size that used to be a 6

8 # of classic cars

9 counties assigned for work

10 years at 3rd career-Conservation Ed!

11th Gr. Lunch cost .20 hot dog & soda

12th Gr. 1st trip to NOLA

14 # Nieces & nephews

16 age got driver's license

17 age graduated High School

20 age got married

22 age started college

25 age Mom died, began teaching

29 years worked in school I graduated

34 my age we adopted our son

38 acres of land we own

44 years married

57 age earned Ed.D Ed. Leadership

$90 cost of sem. undergrad tuition 1974

$275 cost of sem. graduate tuition 2000 

Numbers do tell part of a story.

  

 

SOL #16 Day 30

Today I felt a guiding presence in several situations that could have been disastrous.

One of those involved our beloved Golden Retriever, Ellie. I was working from home and let my dog out in the fenced in back yard. Suddenly the weather changed and I heard thunder. My dog is afraid of storms so I stopped working to check on her. I could not find her. She was not hiding in the bushes. She was not on the patio. She was not in the backyard. No gate appeared to be breached. I started looking beyond the enclosed backyard and frantically calling her name. She doesn't often come running when called. She often pays no attention to her location and wanders off. Even though she is a large dog, she is difficult to see. But I saw her in the field looking in my direction, she stopped what she was doing to listen to me call her. I ran out the gate and headed toward her location calling her name. She came running to meet me and we quickly ran toward the house safe from the approaching storm.

I was so thankful the event ended as it had. 

SOL #16 Day 29

My cell phone rings and I don't recognize the phone number. I had a call earlier from a number I didn't recognize and it was from my allergist. I thought this second call might be a similar call. When I answered hello, the caller asked, "Who's this?" 

My first response was, "Who is this?" 

I heard a little laugh and the caller said, "Wrong number." Then she hung up. It must have been a wrong number, but I wondered how she knew with so few words. Was it my voice? How did I sound? What should I have said? I was thinking first she should have stated who she was. Should have told her my name? Our conversation was over before it really began.