Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart

People with children are supposed to train at least one of them to do everything around the house, and to stay at home to help out in their parents' old age. Take care of their parents. Clean the cat's litter box. Tote groceries up the stairs from the basement. Et cetera, et cetera.

We three Ramey sisters were thought to be pretty smart. At least, we thought we were. Yet, all of us having had multiple children and step-children, only one of us has proved smart enough to keep a child at home to take care of her in her old age. And Ramey doesn't even have a basement.

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On Seeing a Cloud With Three "Heads"

I seem to hear a heavenly host,
The Trio that I love the most:
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Though They have not been heard to sing,
They manufactured every thing
That ever went a-caroling--

Alto and bass, the high, the low,
Allegro and fortissimo;
We sing because They made us so.

Thanks, High and Heavenly Mystery,
One Deity shown forth in Three,
For sky, clouds, life, breath, song, and Thee!

By JRC 6/21/12