Scarletscribe's Rants, Raves & Musings

Moments in a lifetime of love and marriage oft people who loved to travel.

Though I would really prefer to roam I sit and wait for him to come home. As I wait I remember all the times And places we traveled in our lifetimes. First was from Cincinnati to Key West. But the Navy our plans did devest To Norfolk, Virginia you were sent. Back to Cincinnati was where I went. Next you sailed to the Mediterranean Sea At first I cried and stayed so lonely. You sailed…

Inauguration day 2021 when our country died.

Overcast dull grey skies Hang heavy and dark Tears in my eyes  Tears in my heart Promises made Promises not kept Country betrayed Country sold out Freedoms once won Freedoms now lost Hope once so high Hope now is spent Greatest country lived Greatest country died Hang heavy and dark Overcast dull grey skies Tears in my heart Tears in my eyes 

Winter In South Texas is a tongue-in-cheek look at winter in South

Mesquite trees drop their dying and dead  leaves Their bare branches scratch at the now grey sky. Other trees drop gold, orange and red leaves That blazed so beautifully in autumn. All their branches reach for that same dull sky  But stand straight and tall with little movement. Temperatures drop from the high eighties  To low eighties or to high seventies . Nights cool into the high to…

RV Life Then And Now compares RV Life before COVID and terrible drought to now.

I sit alone looking out my window, my mind filled with memories from span of years. Here are hay fields, lake, fishing docks, mown grass, mesquite trees and plump cactus impatiently waiting to bloom in spring. Here are the ducks, geese, egrets, herons, mocking birds, grackles and sparrows so small and quick. Here are the rabbits, skunks, tarantulas, king snakes, blacksnakes and even rattlesnakes…

The hay stands thick and tall in the field. For months it has added height - fraction of an inch by fraction of an inch. Soft tassels bent by the wind flow as graceful as waves upon the water. Stalks and tassels that house and hide small creatures from eyes of predators. Insects, mice, snakes, spiders, rabbits and scorpions are born to creep, crawl hide and die among the forest of stalks.…

End Of My Journey describes my long journey as caregiver for my husband with dementia. It also gives advice to those still facing the end of the long journey.

The first year and a half Bob was in a facility I had no idea what was going on, what would be going on and definitely had no idea how to cope with it. I would come home and cry. Cry myself to sleep then wake up to cry some more. I never let him or anyone else see how upset, scared and hopeless I felt so I stressed out even more by putting up a front. We did not know the effects of anesthesia on…

The Hay Field describes the life living in hay and what happens to them at harvest time.

The hay stands thick and tall in the field. For months it has added height – fraction of an inch by fraction of an inch. Soft tassels bent by the wind flow as graceful as waves upon the water. Stalks and tassels that house and hide small creatures from eyes of predators. Insects, mice, snakes, spiders, rabbits and scorpions are born to creep, crawl hide and die among the forest of stalks.…

Modern Day Man is an outline of the difference between man and beastsbecause of his artificial light.

Modern Day Man White clouds drift lazily in light blue winter sky. Weak sun shines giving little heat to nature or man. This is the time for earth to slumber and rest. As all but man hibernate in their dens or go dormant. Days shorten as nights grow longer and longer. While all but man adapts to these yearly changes. Man cares not for length of night or shortness of day. He works and…

Dreams do vome true sometimes if you search hard enough and wait long enough.

I’m Bob, a retired Navy man and Kay is the love of my life. I am eternally grateful for the circumstances that brought us together and kept us that way.  We came home from work about the same time each day and this day was no different. We parked in the wide driveway next to our one-story cottage we love so much. Years ago we had discussed what kind of house we wanted someday and both of us had…

A shy, young woman unexpectedly bumps into her soulmate.

Katy left work and went to her favorite store to do some shopping. It had been a while since she had indulged herself in a new outfit but with winter coming on she really needed heavier clothes in her wardrobe. She had recently moved from Florida to Idaho. Her company where she previously worked had closed their office and offered her a job in a satellite office here. She really liked working…

A Perennial Plant isn’t what she expected but it is periennial as long it can feed.

With COVID19, I seldom left the house anymore but sometimes I just had to get out where there were other people. My two cats are wonderful and do their best to keep me company but we don’t speak the same language and I need human voices once in a while. Sitting home alone day after day isn’t good for your mental health they say and I believe them. Weird ideas sometimes pop into my mind and the…

The Dream of A Lifetime

I’m Matt, a retired Navy man and Eva is the love of my life. I am eternally grateful for the circumstances that brought us together and kept us that way.  We came home from work about the same time each day and this day was no different. We parked in the wide driveway next to our one-story cottage we love so much. Years ago we had discussed what kind of house we wanted someday and both of us had…

The little stuffed dog sat proudly in his coffee mug. It was Valentine’s Day and he knew the lady who bought him had a special someone in mind to give him to. They has two real dogs and I had seen how much she loved them so I knew the person she was going to give me to, probably loved dogs as well. We got in her car and rode for a little while then she stopped, picked up the decorated bag she had…

I attended a virtual conference this morning. The first topic was caregiver grief. They spoke of ambiguous loss. That is when the person with dementia is physically present but sometimes psychologically absent. It’s often hard for a caregiver to know whether or how to grieve when aspects of their loved one are lost but some aspects remain. Family and friends do not realize the need to grieve and…

First came intermittent tremors in your hands.

Then your memory began to fade.

Still I did not know what lay ahead.

You lost more and more of your memory

That I just blamed on aging.

Until the day I finally knew

Something was really wrong.

We talked to the doctor

And tests were done.

Tests that proved you had dementia.

Later the dementia was refined to Lewy Body.

Beginning with the tremors or…

First came intermittent tremors in your hands.

Then your memory began to fade.

Still I did not know what lay ahead.

You lost more and more of your memory

That I just blamed on aging.

Until the day I finally knew

Something was really wrong.

We talked to the doctor

And tests were done.

Tests that proved you had dementia.

Later the dementia was refined to Lewy Body.

Beginning with the tremors or…

“I know you did it. My gold chain was in the box on top of the quilt. There has been no one else here so you took it.”

“I didn’t take your box  but if you need a chain, here wear this one.”“I’m not wearing that!”

I’ve been here before with your attitude. Get over it. This one is as good as the one you say I took. Now stop accusing me of taking something when I didn’t do it. You are nothing but a…