Happy St. Patty’s Day!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Today is St. Patrick’s Feast Day. He was the bishop and patron saint of Ireland. During his lifetime, Saint Patrick performed many miracles. I regard him with utmost respect, and pray to him for help which we really need to survive the coronavirus pandemic.

Many folks celebrate St. Patrick’s feast day by drinking green beer, wearing green clothes (In my school days, I recall that if I wasn’t wearing anything green, I would get pinched by a classmate . I don’t know where or when this practice originated.If you know, drop me a line.), and looking for shamrocks, specifically a four leaf clover . 

 I never had the pleasure of tasting green beer. (I don’t drink now, so I will never know how it tastes.)  However, I admit looking for a four leaf shamrock when I collected insects, never saw one, though. If you want to learn more about St. Patrick click here.

My Sixth Publication

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Doing the Happy Dance!

“The Whip” was accepted for publication in The 2020 February issue of Scarlet Leaf Review. “The Whip” is a supernatural short story about two teenage boys who find a demonic bullwhip while searching for arrowheads along a riverbank.To read “The Whip”, click here.

I hope you enjoyed reading “The Whip”. It’s a freaky story.

Celebrating International Women’s Day

Squirrel eating grass in my backyard
Duck near a lake in Brownsville, Texas
Mamma Cardinal stopping for a drink at my backyard birdbath
Twister
Klyban and Marty
Mamma Kitty

Dear readers and Facebook friends, more than likely, you already know that today we are celebrating International Women’s Day. Since I am a woman, an animal lover (as you can see from the pictures I posted), and a scientist, I decided to recognize primatologist Dian Fossey for her valiant efforts to save wildlife, especially the Rwandan mountain gorillas. When I learned that she was brutally murdered with machetes in her Rwandan forest camp on December 26, 1985, I actually cried. Why would somebody kill a caring, generous, gentle soul? And who was responsible? I hope that someday my questions will be answered.

If you are interested in learning more about Dian Fossey, click the following links: https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/tv/dian-fossey-secrets-in-the-mist/;https://gorillafund.org/happy-birthday-poppy-oldest-gorilla-monitored-fossey-fund/ .