"The Spice-Tree lives in the garden green, Beside it the fountain flows, And a fair bird sits in the boughs between, And sings h...

"The wind comes creeping, it calls to me to come go exploring.  It sings of the things that are to be found under the leaves.  It whis...

  If you leaf me alone for very long at all...  While waiting on something to dry, I will begin to sing melodious woes... "G...

 Not quite...  Very nearly...  All but... Well-nigh...  Practically...  About...  Near... The end of this se...

 EARN ONE'S STRIPES: Meaning:  To gain specialty for the performance of a service, labor, or work through accumulated experience a...

I am trying to decide if I am making a more of a mess than progress on the third piece in my small series collection experiment.   P...