The Lonely Meatball





Sleeping with Beau

This is Robbie, our youngest dog, and he inspired the poem, “Sleeping with Beau”. I have a dog I love a lot and he sure loves me too, so when we go to bed at night, he sticks to me like glue. When I am fast asleep, my dog will cuddle up real tight, and…

The Spare Toe

When Bob took off his sock one night, the poor boy got an awful fright, for there beside his great big toe he saw another start to grow! “Good grief!” he said, “This is all wrong. A toe right there just won’t belong. Ten toes, not more, is standard fare. An extra toe will be…

Piano Lessons

I wanted to take lessons and play our piano well with “Mary Had a Little Lamb” and “Farmer in the Dell”. And so my mother got me a teacher named Miss Dunn, but now I’m s’posed to practice and practicing’s no fun. Miss Dunn says, “Curve your fingers.” Miss Dunn says, “Count each bar.” But…