Contents
Preface
Oh, Youth!
Marching Away
Climbing into the Ring
Going to the Dance
Driving Lessons
Waiting Up
Road Shows Remembered
Back to School Blues
The Sound of Peace
Listen To What I Hear
Comes an Echo on the Breeze
Changing Course
Forever Friends
Still Afloat at Fifty
Synchronized Heartbeats
No Place to Run
Shuffle and Deal
Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
Old Friends
Comfort and Joy
Windy Day Wreckage
Blest Be The Ties That Bind
Dance Lessons
Mission Impossible
Language of Love
Making of a Mother-in-Law
Christmas Windows
Partings Well Made
Moving Muriel
Barn Wood Harvest
In Waiting
Becoming a Grandmother
Learning Curves
Rip Van Winkle Returns to School
Technology Aversion
Washed-Up Dishwasher
Cubby Bear Bliss
Sailing Away
Leap of Faith
Child-Rearing Changes
Owner’s Manual
Downward Dogs
Cross-Country Skiing
Bum Knee
Grateful Hearts
Christmas Rose
Giving Thanks
Swinging along the Open Road
Dancing with Vera
You’ve Got Mail
Heaven in a Wildflower
In Search of a Silver Lining
Looking for Rainbows
Under The Milky Way
Midnight Crossing
Recycled Dump Days
Birdsong
Child of Nature
Willie the Wolf and Other Wildlife
Loon Ranger
Night Skies Beckon
Listening for Wolves
Swimming across Big Water
Acknowledgments
About the Author