by Marta Wheeler | Dec 20, 2023 | Marta Blog
Christmas Pageant 2023 As though set up for a fancy Christmas greeting card the sun shines through the blue chancel windows like stars brilliantly bursting on the night Jesus was born. You can nearly hear the angel’s voices joining ours as Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus...
by Marta Wheeler | Dec 13, 2023 | Marta Blog
Advent Song Tuning If you’re not tempted by long winter naps as the days shorten and never sing the blues there’s little need to keep reading this poem. Certainly, the blues were present when stepping out this calm sunny afternoon to stretch my peppy dapple blue...
by Marta Wheeler | Dec 6, 2023 | Marta Blog
Sticky One cold December afternoon when even the sticky sap freezes to the trunk of the pine small faces appear to be stuck to paper plates while crunching ooey, gooey popcorn sculptures and cut out sugar cookies piled high with bright-colored frosting and abundant...
by Marta Wheeler | Nov 29, 2023 | Marta Blog
One walks the straight line down rows of cedar windbreak while he wanders in and about touching each rough tree trunk. One swims laps between dark lines painted on base of pool while she drifts along the shoreline wondering “where am I now?” One cuts wood...
by Marta Wheeler | Nov 21, 2023 | Marta Blog
Never does the last week of November arrive that I don’t tell this story once again so great was the impact. We begin with this young mommy so homesick and ready to show off their infant son and two-year-old daughter that she didn’t think twice before boarding a plane...
by Marta Wheeler | Nov 14, 2023 | Marta Blog
A Noteworthy Nut I can’t recall a time when a nut of any sort has been sent into my car window on a breeze but then again, blustery days are known for bringing stranger things. This time it is a smooth little acorn with a cracked shell that catches me by surprise with...
