In “Humpty Dumpty”, part of a 1902 Mother Goose story book by William Wallace Denslow, the verse says that after his “great fall”,
“All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.”
I learned that verse as a child and the words still roll effortlessly and rhythmically off the tongue. Although I […]
I grew up in a family of 4 kids which was a good round number for board games, a favorite of which was Life. I always enjoyed picking out my piece and then moving it along the board…except that my older brother tended to win. Little did I know that there were a number […]
At the end of the school year, my daughter looked beautiful, dressed for her senior prom. Her long waist-length black hair was pulled back simply from her face and flowed down her back in long cascading waves thanks to her friend’s efforts with a curling iron on her straight locks. Her off-white dress was […]
