Inherent Nature of the Blog

Winner's Circle is a blog for friends following the Calgon story. It is a short story with only 7 chapters in all. I will include illustrations as they appear in the actual publication when possible. Because of the inherent nature of blogs in general, the story will be posted from start to finish but the reader would be obliged to open the older postings beginning on April 7th and then proceed with the next chapter on the following day. Suffice it to say this is not the best format for sharing but let's give it a try anyway.

I am going to break the continuity of When Calgon Won't Take You Away today to offer up a sweet poem I wrote for a dear friend at his request which we like to refer to as the Mayberry poem - - -

The Nature of Your Child

This dirt road goes

Down to our pond.

Come along,

Scoot on down with me

Where the path

Widens into a landing

For the row boats

On the water beyond.

There is where my

Young son and I

Can be found fishing

Most all afternoons.

I do not count on

Bringing home a single

Fish, not for worms

Or jigs festooned.

Well I welcome you

To try your luck.

Hope you catch a load.

The fish weren't biting?

Who really cares?

When you have brought

Home with you a

Better understanding of

The nature of your child.