Richard Sawdon's (rsawcon) Blog

As a little girl, I learned the verse, “April showers bring May flowers.”  As a young Mother and a Kindergarten teacher for over a quarter of a century, I became very familiar with the lament, “life’s not fair.”  In the flash of mere second in time, lives can change forever and one is reminded t...

By: Diane Sawdon....... Why does the month of March always seem to last forever??  As a child, March was a bridge that moved me from Winter into Spring.  This year, March lived up to it’s reputation of “coming in like a lion and going out like a lamb.”   The only problem was that the lion lasted...

By Diane SawdonIt is one of those months~~~~nothing to say. My Better Half told me, “oh, it will be one of those.” I was quite offended and asked, “what are those?” To which he replied, “you will just bang something out and not like it.” Those were fighting words to me. I needed to come up with ...

  By Diane SawdonYou are going to have to humor me. I have embarked on a serious stroll down Memory Lane this past month via music. It all started when we were on one of our many “clean and dump” days at my Mother’s home. She had one of those stereo systems dating from the early 1960s which was h...

      Happy New Year!!  It has happened again.  The past twelve months have come to a grinding halt and all is new again today.    We all have been given a new slate to write our stories on for the next 365 days.  Hopefully, these  personal narratives will be filled with positive thinking and ent...

By Diane SawdonThe house is deathly quiet~~~~”not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” Well, it is December, after all, so I guess I can steal from Clement Clarke Moore’s famous poem. Actually, a few creatures are moving about the house in stealth mode. The two fur balls are slinking down...

By Diane SawdonBack in the days when I was a young Mother of two little girls, Carole King had an outstanding record album called “Tapestry.” Since I was a big Carole King fan, I listened endlessly to that album. The opening words to the title cut go somewhat like “My life has been a tapestry of...

  By Diane Sawdon   Today is October 1st~~~~my daughter’s birthday. Happy Birthday to you and countless more. I remember this day those many years ago when you arrived in this world. You continue to amaze me with the way you balance your family, home and your career. Make sure you take time to “...

  By Diane Sawdon   September has arrived and my thoughts are as random as our weird weather. It is 92 degrees in the shade right now on my front porch and last Sunday we had showers mixed with a goodly dose of thunder. Who knew Mother Nature could be so fickle?   The year was 1996 when we last ...

  By Diane SawdonBelieve it or not, I told my Better Half that it smelled like Fall outside a few mornings ago. He just looked at me with that all- knowing-male-superiority glance which loosely translated to, “are you nuts, psychic or both?” But, my nose knows. There is a hint of something in th...