The Menu for Today.

 The menu for today: Green Onions dipped in Mayonnaise,Swamp Water and Filberts lightly toasted.I am sorry to say Dear that we are all out of  Tator Tot casserole, I was not in the mood to dine upon it and probably never will again.I know it was the special of the House but never again will it be so.
 Shall we brew our Swamp Water before we dine? Fill our cups with something Orange,a bit of  Red Punch and something with Fizz to make it just right? There, there it is that divine memory filled Swampy Color,refreshing as we wash down our Green Onions dipped in Mayonnaise. Onions freshly pulled from the garden are always the best. Warmed from the Earth and cooled by the just from the fridge Mayo.
  Are there no Filberts? Let us go for a drive in your Big Truck, across the Fields of Golden Fall turning down the road lined with the Filbert Orchards. Stopping to search like the Squirrels for our sought treasure,filling pockets with our horde. Now let us return to Home and the warm stove to toast our little nuts in a pan black with age and time.
  Age and Time what do you know, here I am  looking back upon those two. Wondering , Wishing ,Wanting and Remembering. Most likely you would reply to that with "Well...I dunno about that." in your soft spoken way. I dunno about about that either and that is why today I invited you to dine with me upon a memory of Green Onions dipped in Mayonnaise, Swamp Water and Filberts.A meal suited to a Farmer and a Child.
  

Don't cry little one,the moon is watching

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Many years ago I saw a program about the Ring Of Fire region filled with some beautiful peoples and places.In one episode the local tribal people had a legend that has stayed with me ever since.And ever time the moon is full I think of it and feel secure.
The tale was of a man and his finding his wife much like Adam and Eve in their garden so long ago but more of a love story,this is how it went.
A man lived on the Earth all alone,he felt his loneliness and one night went for a walk to ease his heart. The man came to a lake and there at the lake was a sight to behold,the daughters of the Moon bathing by the light of their Mother. The daughters had removed their gowns and their wings and laid them by the shore of the lake while they floated in the water.
The man watched these lovely maids and quickly fell in love with the youngest daughter. The Moon called to her children to come home but the man did not want the youngest to go.Quickly before any had reached the shore he stole away her gown and wings and hid them. All of the daughters had dressed and flown away and the Moon called to the youngest to hurry but she could not find her stolen things.
The man came to the woman and asked her to stay and to be his wife.The Moon's daugther saw she had no choice but to stay and said yes she would stay but under one condition,the man was to hide away her wings where she would never find them for if she did she would return to her mother the Moon.The agreement was made and they journeyed to the man's home.
A few years passed by and the man and the woman were happy,the woman gave birth to a child which added to their joy.But one day when the man was away hunting the woman found a box hidden at the back of the rafters of their home. In the box were her wings and like she said on that first night the woman flew away to her Mother and Sisters on the Moon.
When the man returned he found the woman gone and his child crying for its mother,the man wept too. The man took his child out into the night and shushed the babe and said "Do not cry little one,there is your Mother, she will always be there watching over you." as he pointed to the full bright Moon in the sky.
The story ends but the tribe who told this story takes their crying babies out into the night when they cry to show them that their Mother is watching over them.
My boys call the Moon, Mama Moon and I have taught them to never fear because Mama Moon is always watching over them all through the night. And when I can not sleep I look to see if I can find Mama Moon looking down,always watching through the long night.