Welcome!---December!-winter...Merry Christmas!

 

Sleep in heavenly peace! Amen!

 

Merry Christmas! December

 

Embrace love-close this holy-season near

His birth great cause for Christmas-cheer

 

Silent night! Holy night!

 

Born sweet-babe in rustic-manger east

Created-image honor His salvation-feast

 

All is calm…

 

Softly-snow on heavenly-saintly place

Blessed Father, Son and Spirit Grace

 

All is bright…

 

Virgin-Mother adore this most lovely-Infant

God made-man this Holy Child-Innocent

 

Round yond virgin, mother and Child…

 

Redemption-found under Bethlehem-star

Spirit-soul transformed must travel-afar

 

Holy Infant so tender and mild…

 

Eternal-life in heaven-above purity

In His presence universal-security

 

Sleep in heavenly peace…

 

Celebrate! Christian! His holy-Way

Merry Christmas! On this, His holy-Day

 

Sleep in heavenly peace…

 

Amen!

 

Merry Christmas!


And---

Book-offerings & blog-info.:

 

 

Faith! Family! Freedom! This sacred-trinity defines the paradigm

of my writing-offerings. I perceive a surreptitious (quickly becoming

“blatant”) assault on these Traditional American-values. My intent

is to counter such evil with a message of Christian-generosity Love!

 

These books and my blog-posts (now totaling 1367 & counting) extol

an example of Live! Love! Laugh! In a modern-world lacking civility.

 

Please! Enjoy!

 

 

Creed of the Mountain-man: An 1870’s mountain-man tale.

 

Christmas Treasures: 3-Christmas-Eve celebrations.

 

Station-Master: A collection of short-stories.

 

…And Justice for all: An American-sniper revenge.

 

Horizon-Dawn: Case-study of 2-men separated by 150-years.

 

Syncopated-cadence (poetry): General poetry.

 

Christmas Always (poetry): Holiday-poems.

 

Golden Anniversary: A celebration of 50-years of Love!

 

Cookie-Jar Sweet-memories (Book I, II,III & IV):

365-days of vignettes in our family-time.

 

Coming soon:

 

Spanky & Jamie McGhee: A Viet Nam-era tale.

Ambiance: A Maeystown fireside-reader.

Rondo Slade: Western-drama.

 

 

Books are available on-line as e-books & or in paperback:

 

visit: Amazon books; search: Carl Schuler

 

blog: www.rinitytrace.blogspot.com

 



Bye! Bye! November 2018---Hello! Christmas-season! 2018..."Happy"-Santa!

 

"Tis the season!" Amen!

 

Mother Nature sure-enough displayed her "Royal"-Regal"-robe!

Bravo! What a tremendous Autumnal-celebration! Leaves-galore!

 

And, now---Farewell! Autumn-bliss!...Enjoyed the ride!

 

Hello!---"Ho! Ho! Ho!"...Ah! Santa-time delight!

 

I found myself wondering aloud to Lovely-Lady Candice Leah---

"If I get dementia?...How will the kids ever-"know"? For sure!?"

 

Just an errant thought for the holidays from a "sane"-Santa Claus!

 

But---Merry Christmas!...Ole-Santa is in town...to be Merry!

Candy has the abode decorated to a "T"! Looks a lot like Christmas!
 17-Nativity-sets! 10-decorated trees! Some-gifts already wrapped!
Outside-decorations trimmed and lighted for a nighttime display!
Wow!
 

The old "toy"-bag ain't half-full---Yet!...And, I'm due to win the lottery!

Yahoo!---Hooray!...Let the "Good"-times continue to roll-on!

Lots of "Happy" little girls & boys when those numbers are drawn!
"Some" on Santa's list don't even know they are on it! Fun-times!
What? Do "I" get from all of it?---To be the "real"...Santa-Claus!

Better watch-out!---Look for me...Santa Claus is coming to town!

 (Sooner-than-you-might-think!)

Adieu! Mon Amie!---"Thank you!" Fall!...Here comes...Christmas!
(Every-day!---Because...I choose that it should be so!)
 

Amen!

Christmas-2018 (Part 1 of 2)

 

Christmas Pleasures…

Enjoy! Each day’s life-treasures

 

 

Dare experience each adventure-event God’s goodness daily offered

Dawn-dew, sunshine-cheer, thunderstorm, snowdrift-sculpt coiffured

 

“Magic” dances, verifying existence in one first flutter-flake

Beautiful as an emerald sea’s white-foam receding wake

 

Blanket-comfort pristine cover on created nearly-perfect world

Fantasy-delight imagination-fires every heart-young boy and girl

 

Stark surreal-subtle silver-shadows blend in dark-light mirage play

Sky peach-blush-hue hints portending enchanted fresh-fluff day

 

Chase dodging frozen-flakes upon warm tongue to tingle-cold

Crackle-fire, chocolate-warm, respite-offer---dare challenge-bold

 

Night-time, sweet love tight-hold before toasty-golden solace-flame

Blizzard howls lamented-cold; refuses any futile-effort to wild-tame

 

New Year calendar-itinerary evolves natural into sweetheart’s time

Mid-winter anachronistic-thaw teases spring promise-flavored mime

 

Ice skates clatter, sleds rocket smooth, Christmas-delivered treasures, these

Valentine hearts, Ides of March, St. Patrick’s leprechaun pleasures, please

 

Dawn seeks dusk extends shadows-long in awesome greening sight

Yellow-bright dresses with bunny-hops celebrate Easter-ham delight

 

Icy-freeze reluctant melts away; sun rises warm; winter dissolved

Spring-time “reigns”! April “showers”! Usher May “flowers”-evolved

 

Yellow morels pop, birds nest, Red-ear sunfish initiate annual lake-spawn

I know a verdant grove; that hidden cove; glimpse a doe, fresh-spotted fawn

 

Silent salute! Reverent memory! Heart-tug band! Old Glory! Proud unfurled!

Honor all courageous sacrificed-served; many times such redeemed our world

 

Diamond prepare, rake mound high, chalk line straight; too late for momentum-stall

Red-seamed white-horsehide sails in, bat-club cracks at umpire’s yell of-“Play ball!”

 

Kids frolic-swim in creek’s cool hole; Robbins, Cardinals, Turtle Doves hatched

Wrens nest in porch-hanging ferns; sore-muscled alfalfa workers rest, detached

 

(Part 2 of 2---tomorrow)

Wildflowers on the yonder tundra-wild

 

Summit-wildflowers

 

Well above tree-line by a thousand feet, or so,

around 11,500, I reckon, on my cold, icy-trek

to the tumble of boulders at the end of the trail,

yonder, where I can perch atop-the-world to

survey the peaks along the Rocky Mountain-

spires reaching toward-heaven---and…beyond.

 

Short of breath, but, with the “prize” just within

exerted-reach, I rested for a gulp of redeeming,

albeit, “thin”-air; hands on knees for support, my

downcast-eyes spied a tiny red-flower hugging the

tundra, shivering its full-height of 2-inches in the frigid

north-breeze fresh upon the rocky-floor moss-covered.

 

Such find of a nature “treasure-measure”-surprise

gave the interloper pause to contemplate the “gift”.

 

Standing tall and looking across the tundra-field with

relaxed-eyes like one had to do way back yonder when

viewing a hologram to discern the “hidden”-in-plain-sight

“secret”-find within the “obvious” depiction-subject of  the

poster-picture, I spied a plethora of subtle palette-colors interspersed

across the chilled-plane; reds, yellows, blues and hinted-greens.

 

I conquered the “summit” that day. Sitting on a cabin-sized

boulder sheltered by an even larger-protrusion to protect myself

from the cold-assault of a frigid north-wind hard-scouring the

surrounding tundra. As I snuggled deeper into my goose-down

jacket, pulled the hood and lashed it tight around my woolen-hat,

pulled my cold fingers into a ball inside my fur-lined leather-gloves,

I wondered at the very-marvel of this Awesome-wonder, the beauty

of my mountain-paradise, pure-white snow, yonder, the crowning-

glory of Long’s Peak proudly-piercing 13,000feet. And, in that

fantastic magic-grandeur---a humble-spirit lesson…Wildflowers!

 

As a cold-sun, masquerading-warmth, traversed the cerulean-abyss,

I sat, huddled against the cold-fury of the mountain, comforted

in my warm-“igloo”, inhaling a freshness not to be experienced

in any other circumstance. When ole-man sun reached for its

eternal western-horizon yonder Pacific Ocean-way, long-grey

shadows covered the exposed tundra awaiting a midnight’s respite.

 

Sleep-well! Oh! My magnificent Wildflower”-pretties upon yon tundra!

Amen!



Charmed!?---I'm sure..."Charmed!"

“Charmed”-Life!?

 

If thee look up “Charmed-life” in any dictionary---Alas! There-be…My-picture!

 

Amen!

Plus:

 

 

Book-offerings & blog-info.:

 

 

Faith! Family! Freedom! This sacred-trinity defines the paradigm

of my writing-offerings. I perceive a surreptitious (quickly becoming

“blatant”) assault on these Traditional American-values. My intent

is to counter such evil with a message of Christian-generosity Love!

 

These books and my blog-posts (now totaling 1367 & counting) extol

an example of Live! Love! Laugh! In a modern-world lacking civility.

 

Please! Enjoy!

 

 

Creed of the Mountain-man: An 1870’s mountain-man tale.

 

Christmas Treasures: 3-Christmas-Eve celebrations.

 

Station-Master: A collection of short-stories.

 

…And Justice for all: An American-sniper revenge.

 

Horizon-Dawn: Case-study of 2-men separated by 150-years.

 

Syncopated-cadence (poetry): General poetry.

 

Christmas Always (poetry): Holiday-poems.

 

Golden Anniversary: A celebration of 50-years of Love!

 

Cookie-Jar Sweet-memories (Book I, II,III & IV):

365-days of vignettes in our family-time.

 

Coming soon:

 

Spanky & Jamie McGhee: A Viet Nam-era tale.

Ambiance: A Maeystown fireside-reader.

Rondo Slade: Western-drama.

 

 

Books are available on-line as e-books & or in paperback:

 

visit: Amazon books; search: Carl Schuler

 

blog: www.rinitytrace.blogspot.com



Anniversary-Reflections!

 

On the "Mirror"-image!

 

 

Ah! Yesterdays!---never-enough...

Tomorrows!---"Myriad"...I pray!

 

Full-moon rides in the saddles!

Nature-rules! "Natural"-life!---And...Love!

Children---1st!...Forever!

Bar-b-ques! Dinners! Constant-celebrations!

Winter-storms! Sleet! Ice!---And, best...Snow!

Ice-skating on the frozen-pond!

Sled-riding on the slippery-slopes!

Saucer-flying behind the 4-wheel drive wild-"sleigh"!

Oregon snow-fort for Mr. Z. Tyler with "Ishmael"!

Cozy-fires to ward off the frigid-adventure!

Snow-shoveling! Road tractor-plowing!

Horse-"races" through the white fluffy-powder!

Frozen-noses -fingers and -toes! Wow! Fun!

January-thaw---golf-club play...frozen hazard a big-help!

Four-wheelin' through the snow cold-white & deep!

Photo-play in the creek-bottom frosty-chilled!

10-degree winter cerulean-blue abyss-delight!

"Out-of-the-wind" alcove---green-coat...cold noses!

And---Love!-kiss!...January 11 in a blizzard-swirl!

To March---and, Spring!...tasty-treats...wild-Morels!

Sunfish! Red-ear! Crappie! Catfish! Large-mouth bass!

Warm-showers! Greening-meadows! Whitetail!

Myriad-hues! Fragrant wild-flower beds-delight! Mmm!

"Spring" is in the air---Love!...Sweet-taste-of-Love!

Gentle-now! This green-earth! Emotion-satiated!

Yonder! On the far-horizon! Summer's first wild-thunderstorm!

The "spitfire" of unrelented-youth! Wild-passion! Love!

Pledged-devotion! Abandoned-emotion! Adventure-exciting!

Helion-August! Red! White! Blue!-July! Yea! Dreaded-"school"! Ugh!

White-fluffy puff-ball clouds upon September cerulean-blue!

And---Halloween!..."Trick or treat!" Alabaster pale full-moon!

Mother-Nature royal-regal- resplendent robe Reds & Golds!

Thanksgiving! Amen! Another gathering of the sacred-Family!

Finally---nirvana!-proclaimed! -enjoyed! -cherished! Christmas!

Celebrate! New Year!---only...to do it all---again!...once-more!

"Thank you!"---My-Darling!...on to another "50"-more!

Amen!



Happy Anniversary! (Day 3 of 3)

 

Anniversary-Love celebration!

 

Savoring another day’s-laurels surrender-slumber “dreams-sweet”

More delicious Love-adventures in awesome-tale satiated-complete

 

Awaiting pink-blush dawn to vanquish midnight wee-hour space

Sun golden-shafts through yonder-glass soft-kiss thy lovely-face

 

Gazes my adoring-Love upon comfort-sleeping tender-reposes

Celebration! Anniversary-day! At least one dozen yellow-roses

 

Awaken! I silent pray yet dare not infringe suspended sublime-trance

Beautiful! A new-born time sunshine-awash dare in any rain to dance

 

“Hey! Big-boy! Don’t hurt yourself!” Thee playful-flirted!

Wow! “Candy”-girl! Auburn-haired beauty lovely-skirted

 

Me-girl! Me best-friend! Me-compliment! Me-strength! Me-wife!

Me vow-pledged! Me-playmate! Me-everything! Me adventure-life!

 

52!-years! They tally-true! And---double-more…me sacred-wish! I-eternal pray!

Memories-precious fill yesterday!---Cherish-now!...Spirit-wild on ’morrow-play!

 

Beautiful! Intelligent! Sophisticated-Class! Me Lovely-Lady! Candice Leah!

My Perfect-mate! Eternal-universal Love! White-summit-high! Pacific blue-sea!

 

Might such union-holy ever be any more celestial-blessed!?---Indeed!...

Beth! Becky! Z. Tyler! Lauren! Lexi! Annie Rie! Oh! Progeny-seed!

 

Live-I just somewhere south of yonder high-sun golden-noon

In spirit! A bit west illuminated under alabaster-pale full-moon

 

A soft-look! One tender-touch! Kiss-sweet! Embrace! Love!-passion!

Celebrate! Life! Love! Laughter! Eternal-Enjoy! Gifted Love!-fashion!

 

And---So! Again! (simple-humble)-I repeat for ever-more melodious-sing:

I Love thee so! You are my-life! You are my-wife! My purely-everything!

Eternal Love!-universal! To Thee! Who proudly wears my wedding-ring!

 

Forever in this simple-time of offered humble-gracious space

In this heart-wild---for Thee!...a treasure-measure sacred-place!

 

Faith! Family! Freedom! Whisper-wind swirl!

Happy Anniversary! Me Darlin’ Candy-girl!

 

(November 25, 2018) Carl



Happy Anniversary! (Day 2 of 3)

 

Happy Anniversary! Candice Leah!

(November 25, 2018---52-years! Wow!)

 

Lovely-sweet! Class!---Me Life-Love! Me perfect-lass!

 

Lovely-Lady Candice Leah!---White summit-high! Deep Blue-sea!

 

Fleecy-puffs clouds-September---Delicious-life! I-surrender

 

All-American Blackberry-pickin’---Candy’s Southern-fried chicken

 

Begins: “Hey! Big-boy!”---Sweet-love! Me-life! Eternal-Joy!

 

Row-boat poetry-show---A gentleman!? Well!?...I let thee row!

 

Afternoon-delight! Fox Lake!---Tender-kissed Thee for heaven’s sake!

 

“Out-of-the-wind” alcove---Warm green-cloth coat; cold-nose!

 

Children to accent blessed-Love!---Beth & Becky gift from above!

 

Day-trips! Vacations! Time-spent!---Great-Life!...Universe-space went!

 

Always “in” with this gypsy-ramble---“Thanks!” for loving this nomad-gamble

 

What? If anything-ever might I be?---Less-than-nothing! Absent-Thee!

 

Realm-expanding! Homes! Farms! Critters!---Most-sweet! Home run-hitter!

 

Z. Tyler! Lauren! Lexi! Anna Marie!---Angel-Love! Treasure-Pleasure key!

 

Me Angel-girl! Class!---Hold thy hand during sacred-holy mass!

 

My (simple-humble) time-devotion---Complete! With thou measured-emotion

 

Mustang GT fiery-red---Thee gave it away! Thy Christian-generosity plead!

 

“I love you!” Me words-vacant try---Pure-“Truth!” In me clear-eyes!

 

Me word: Honor!-pledge!---Faith! Family! Freedom! Trinity-wedge!

 

Live! Love! Laugh!-plan!---Success! Each-day forever future-span!

 

Me-dearest Lady Candice Leah!---Know this: Eternal…“I love thee!”

 

Happy Anniversary! Love, Carl

 

 

And---

 

 

 

“Angel”-baby! Happy Anniversary!

(November 25, 2018---52-years!)

 

20-years! I bragged about my “Saint”-wife

One day I realized Candy is my Angel-life

 

My Angel-sweet!

My Angel-treat!

My Angel-wish!

My Angel-Miss!

My Angel-kiss!

My Angel-girl!

My Angel-babe!

My Angel-love!

My Angel-friend!

My Angel-wife!

My Angel-life!

 

Lovely-Lady Candice Leah! You are my Angel-world!

In eternal-universe---with Thee…“Angel”-Love!

 

52^nd Anniversary!---55-years together! (Wow!)...Thank you!

 

In all of time-through-space universe-eternal---

no other venue-anywhere for me…absent…Angel-Thee!

 

Rainbows! Butterflies! Unicorns!---Across the awesome-veranda

Universe-infinity…Thee & I upon yon Golden-light Wings-of-Love!

 

Hand-in hand! Hearts as one!---tomorrow…and forever! Amen!

 

Yellow-roses sunshine celestial-bright!

 

Happy Anniversary!

 

I love you!  “Angel”-Candy! Always, Carl