Lullaby

April 2010 Writing Assignment: add a verse to a lullaby:

Original:

"Now I lay me down to sleep,

I pray the Lord my soul to keep;

Should I should die before I wake,

I pray the Lord my soul to take."

Mine:

Guard my dreams as I sleep,

And my innocence to keep.

Protect those I love through the night,

And greet us with the dawning light.

Spring Porch Sit

I am sitting on the porch in my Adirondack chair in almost 70^ weather. I can still see some snow up on the mountain through the leafless trees and am fighting myself on whether I should start iTunes up on my computer or not. There are a lot of sounds to listen to just from nature: birds calling to one another, a crow cawing, the dogs whining in the kennel since they are down there and I am up here, and the brook is babbling along merrily. It is a gorgeous day - blue skies and a bright Spring sun is shining. What wonder. Soon, there will be the whine of insects, the sound of the wind through the maple leaves, and the musical notes of the wind chimes.