A town on a mountain – That miners call home –This wee little boom town – Known as Jerome.On the side of a mountain – With road curling back –Just like a hairpin – And sharp as a tack.The buildings all seem – To be hanging on tight –To the edge of the mountain –… Read More House of Joy by Gaylia Kenslow Stogsdill
Somewhere, someday my heartbreak will mend,But will never, no never be what it has been,The aches and the hurts have compiled inside,And I have no more places to let heartache hide.So in breaking my heart, my spirit broke too,And I can no longer spend my strength upon you.It is now my turn, after all these… Read More Heartbreak by Gaylia Kenslow Stogsdill
Dropping down from Flagstaff – Via Oak Creek Canyon Drive –Sharpens senses and emotions – For at last you see it live.Memories stored away from childhood – Of the mountains, oh so high –And the pines so very stately – Seem to stretch and reach the sky.Here and there the sparkling water – Flashes out… Read More Happy City by Gaylia Kenslow Stogsdill
All dressed-up in a Zoot suit – With a watch chain made of Jute –You can give your horn a Toot – While findin’ ways to spend your Loot!Feelin’ 10 feet tall – ‘thout Wearnin’ Boots –And never give a Poot –We laughed and thought it quite a Hoot –Then found it truly did take… Read More Coot by Gaylia Kenslow Stogsdill
Congratulations Amy –First you crawled and then you walked,And then you talked and talked and talked!!!The days rolled by and then the years,First day of school – you showed no fear.For 13 years you have progressed,Ands passed some quite exhaustive tests,You followed your dream to truly excel,And you have done exceptionally well.As a family we… Read More Congratulations Amy by Gaylia Kenslow Stogsdill
Words can’t express quite how I feel, I truly can’t believe you’re real.Bro’ Possum from your busy day, You’d find the time to send my way.Sketches and a story too, Sincerest thanks from me to you.Gaylia Kenslow StogsdillA thank you note to the artist Lowell DavisCopyright Roy Richard
A Christmas message should impart,The feelings deep within one’s heart.And every year we try to find,A very extra – special kind.One that tells about the season.With words of wisdom, truth and reason.We thought this year we’d like to send,A patriotic message to family and friends.And in so doing we haven’t left out,What this season’s all… Read More CHRISTMAS 1975 by Gaylia Kenslow Stogsdill
Christmas is green and red and white –And golden on the winter’s night.It’s crisp and cold – it’s warm and bright –Whichever you choose – it’s always rightOutside its white with new fallen snow –And crisp and cold to make noses glow.Inside its bright, cheery and warm –And beckons, “come in out of the storm”.It’s… Read More CHRISTMAS IS by Gaylia Kenslow – Stogsdill
Christmas is gay and solemn and bright – It’s a glorious day of all that is right. It’s a time for families to gather once more – In that special home with the open door, To sit at a table bedecked for this day – To bow their heads together and pray. To thank God… Read More CHRISTMAS IS LOVE by Gaylia Kenslow – Stogsdill
If I could have the kind of day I’d like on Christmas Day –It would be to greet each one of you in a good old fashioned way.To spend the day chatting. O’er events of long ago –And then enjoy the Christmas feast, near a fire that’s all aglow.To enjoy the gay, young faces, to… Read More CHRISTMAS DAY by Gaylia Kenslow – Stogsdill
Ramblings of an Old Coot 