by Bonnie B Matheson | Jun 14, 2020 | Family, Musings about life
Once upon a time in a land not very far away, there lived a little girl named Bonnie. winter pony ride Who would name their child after a little girl in a popular book and later a movie? Especially if that little girl breaks her neck jumping her pony after being told...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Jun 4, 2020 | Family, Musings about life, Women's Issues
Like looking at a rainbow, the full spectrum of colors meets the eye as the door opens. Everything is arranged by color and type. All of the nightgowns and robes are hung on one end of the very long closet rod on one side of the walk-in closet. They are nearly all in...
by Bonnie B Matheson | May 25, 2020 | Family, Marriage and Divorce, Musings about life
In one closet, the scent of mothballs was so strong that we usually just opened then shut the door. We knew several fur coats were hanging in this one. And an umbrella trimmed in mink hung on a hook. Finally, one day I opened the door all the way and began to remove...
by Bonnie B Matheson | May 10, 2020 | Family, Musings about life, Writing
“Today, I finally completed a task that I have been putting off for six months. It took me 15 minutes. I will learn nothing from this.” first peony These words came across my desk as a Meme splashed across a pink background. But they hit me like a ton of bricks. How...
by Bonnie B Matheson | May 3, 2020 | Family, Marriage and Divorce, Musings about life
Daddy and son When I called my mother and asked her to come to stay while I spent a night in the hospital, she said: “I am sorry, I can’t.” What? I thought I must have misheard her. It happened this way;When I was 20 and a new bride and an extremely...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Apr 17, 2020 | Family, Marriage and Divorce, Musings about life
It is more than 100 years old. My daughter cut off the greater part of it for her daughter’s wedding. That part that covers the bride’s head has a pattern of seed pearls sewn into it. The border all around the body, which is of silk netting, is a...
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