Cricket’s Surprise

Dear Miss Jenna, Today, the Cricket and I have a surprise for you. Not as big of a surprise that we got from Crystal, but a surprise he’s been working on for you. We started working on it while he was stuck in bed after that tussle with  them mean old alley cats. I  promised you a picture of Cricket’s room, so here it is. I put it right next to my desk, where I … Continue reading

Silly Sally Sonnet Part 2

Dear Miss Jenna, I’m sorry it has taken so long to get to the second part of Silly Sally for you. I guess the older I get, the harder it becomes for me to hear the stories the birds whisper in the wires. It’s been a crazy spring down here; one minute you think it’s spring, the next minute the cold wind blows in again. If I didn’t know better, I would think someone was … Continue reading

Songbirds and Sonnets and Stuff

Dear Miss Jenna, I thought I’d write you a quick thank you for the wonderful picture you sent me. I enjoyed it very much, and it has given your old Uncle Mike a few giggles as winter time moves along down here in Texas. I don’t know, Miss Jenna, sometimes I wish all we had to worry about this time of year was snow like you have in Connecticut. Weather around these parts gets a … Continue reading

Eric The Parrot Outwits The Monkeys

Came across a very old piece of silliness from a long time ago. Enjoy. Eric The Parrot Outwits The Monkeys Eric the Parrot, so happy and free, ‘Til down dropped some monkeys from out of the trees. They stood there and stammered and stared for a while, Then the parrot grinned, and the monkeys all smiled. That made the parrot laugh, and the monkeys laughed too. This made our parrot wonder what next they would … Continue reading