Chiriquí Chatter

By Don Ray Williams
December 25, 2006
And when it’s all over and when it’s all done,
And the packages are all opened, every one.
It is time to sit back and count each of our joys,
It is really the family, it is not clothes or toys.
It was coming together and seeing the smiles,
It’s the hugs and the [...]

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By Don Ray Williams
December 11, 2006
Boy would I like to have a Chicken Fried Steak.
That is one thing that Panamanians don’t make.
Smother it all over with some good cream gravy,
Just thinkin bout it’s drivin my taste buds crazy.
For me add some French Fried potatoes all nice and crisp,
That’s a eatin experience that’s just plain bliss.
Now [...]

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By Don Ray Williams
November 22, 2006
If you haven’t heard from me and wonder where I’ve been,
I’ve probably found one of life’s potholes and maybe fallen in.
Life is sometimes like a Panamanian highway, littered with holes and bumps,
And if you do not watch your step, you’ll get your share of lumps.
Even when I’m careful and my [...]

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By Don Ray Williams
October 18, 2006
The other day, I was sitting with a child upon my knee,
What was running through his mind was a mystery to me.
His eyes seemed to search for answers floating in the air,
To questions in his mind, of which only he was aware.

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By Don Ray Williams
September 20, 2006
I know I should feel blessed for all that I have.
Good friends, good health, and a love sweet and tender.
But when life, as it does, throws in something unplanned,
Sometimes I just forget to remember.
It is easy to get caught up in a world of “What if”,
Which starts you living in [...]

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By Don Ray Williams
September 14, 2006
Is there anything better than a cold and frosty brew,
Sittin with your pards, spinning yarns, telling tales - some true?
Don’t mind the sweat upon your brow or running down your chest,
Cause when it’s hot and you’re with friends, that’s when a brews the best.
The first round’s mine and the next [...]

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By Don Ray Williams
September 14, 2006
There are storm clouds in the sky, and thunder is rolling in.
Preparing for a storm should happen long before it begins.
I’ve heard it said in everyone’s life a little rain will fall.
If thunder sounds like trouble, then I’m hearing trouble’s call.
I can see the lightning crack and I can smell [...]

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By Don Ray Williams
June 27, 2006
Sometimes I get to wonderin after something I thought was right went wrong,
Is this really my life I livin or is this some country and western song?
Like the night I know I went to bed with a Venice de Milo, I really had quite a find,
And in morning I was [...]

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By Don Ray Williams
June 25, 2006
Sometimes life just calls for a gentle touch,
It’s really easy and doesn’t require much.
Just a tender caress on the back of her neck,
Or perhaps brush her cheek, and give it a peck.
Rub her shoulders, if you know she’s tense,
Tell her what she adds to your life, take a chance.
Look deep [...]

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By Don Ray Williams
June 14, 2006
I might be wrong. I could be mistaken.
But is there anything sadder, than an adventure left untaken.
I don’t like looking back and saying, “I wish I had”.
For me, trying and failing is not nearly as bad.
No trying and failing doesn’t leave me shaken,
But I have a few regrets of adventures [...]

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