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One does not "espy on". One espies. There is no sinister connotation to the correct use of that word. It simply means "to see" or "catch a glimpse of". Equating "espy" with "spying" would be like confusing "simple" with "simplistic&quo...

I'm impressed. Thanks, James.

Happy Birthday, Bryn

With good counsel from Edward and Robert Stoddard, I'm going to change the second line to:

"And all our neighbors gathered by..."

The word "espy" seemed forced. And the new line seems to me to fit the overall message better. Yes? No?

Here's a little offering that I have wrested from my own heart today. What do you think? Would you care to offer a tune to go with it? Let This Be Christmas Let this be Christmas: you and I And all the children we espy In one exultant song to cry An anthem to the Lord most high. Gloria in excelsis! ...

Upon being a parent of grown children: GOODBYE AND KEEP COLD This saying good-bye on the edge of the dark And cold to an orchard so young in the bark Reminds me of all that can happen to harm An orchard away at the end of the farm All winter, cut off by a hill from the house. I don't want it girdled...

I am appreciative of this wise counsel, Steve, and will be pondering and digesting it over the next while, hoping to see improvement in myself over time. I am grateful for your courageous, committed continuing communication with me and the rest of the family. I love you and respect you. I'm glad tha...

Revelation We make ourselves a place apart Behind light words that tease and flout, But oh, the agitated heart Till someone really find us out. 'Tis pity if the case require (Or so we say) that in the end We speak the literal to inspire The understanding of a friend. But so with all, from babes tha...

Happy Mothers' Day, Tula, Tuly, Angela, Lily, Ann, Betsy, Margaret, Emma... The Mother by Robert William Service There will be a singing in your heart, There will be a rapture in your eyes; You will be a woman set apart, You will be so wonderful and wise. You will sleep, and when from dreams you sta...

La Envoi Rudyard Kipling When Earth's last picture is painted and the tubes are twisted and dried, When the oldest colours have faded, and the youngest critic has died, We shall rest, and, faith, we shall need it—lie down for an æon or two, Till the Master of All Good Workmen shall put us to work an...

Mom and I hope to improve our grandparenting. It is evident that, with five distinct children who are currently in the throes of parenting, along with spouses who come from a broad spectrum of family styles, each of you will have your own vision of what grandparents should be and how they should beh...

Glad to finally be back home. Thanks for the well-wishing.

I unashamedly endorse what has been said thus far on this thread. I abhor the very idea of this evil practice and find the now almost ubiquitous legislated approval of the practice to be one of the greatest stains on our national character. The fact that justification for these killings masquerades ...