Having been orphaned at a tender age, Martha shares a kinship with tales of orphans especially a red-headed heroine spelled Anne with an e. When she's not diagnosing medical conditions she enjoys digging in the dirt and playing with ponies.
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
(This Is Just To Say by Williams Carlos Williams, 1962)
"Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book." -Author Unknown
Sarah Knight likes to read well written mysteries set in foreign countries. Police procedurals, spy capers, gangster thrillers are current favorites. She also likes Hong Kong movies.
"A house without books is like a room without windows."
~Heinrich Mann