UNSPOKEN LOVE
Unspoken Love Every year for my birthday, my Mom would bake me an Angel Food cake. She also made a second one for everyone else. But for my 13th birthday, she was in the hospital, and couldn’t make one that year. So she immediately conscripted my Dad to ‘get it done’. He dutifully went to the Commissary (Air Force version of a grocery store), bought the cake mix, and came home to bake his first-ever cake, of any kind, so I would have an Angel Food cake for my birthday.
Read moreHOMOGRAPHS
Author Unknown Homographs are words of like spelling but with more than one meaning. A homograph that is also pronounced differently is a heteronym. You think English is easy? I think a retired English teacher was bored…THIS IS GREAT!
- The bandage was wound around the wound.
- The farm was used to produce produce .
- The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse .
FRIENDSHIP
From Tom Davis Charlotte, NC Many Thanks to each who extended wishes for happiness on my special day. Wise men once stated “The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship. ”You meet people who forget you.
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Read moreSAILING ON THE NEUSE
This was a few years ago when we were gathering for the annual “Blessing of the Fleet” at the Fairfield Harbour Yacht Club.
Read moreDuck Key Florida This was our view from the condo. US#1 heading South to Key West.
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