Ralph Donald Jessee

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A summer suprise

2008 · 6 min read

A summer suprise

A soft breath of warm air under a crystal clear sky told of a late summer afternoon. It was indeed a mellow, lazy day with little activity in the neighborhood, and nearly suppertime. The roar and moan of lawn mowers had ceased for a time and traffic on the roa…

2009 · 6 min read

Bedtime Story

“The Bakers are having an Easter egg hunt this afternoon in their backyard and they invited me. May I go?” Fred asked his mother. “How will you get there?” she asked. “I’ll walk, it’s on the other side of the woods. It won’t take long,” he said. The Bakers l…