The Death Of Charles Hubbard

"Charles Hubbard of Sidney died, drawing ice from the river, caught under sleigh runners."...death notice in Sidney, NY newspaper around 1900.....

Just fourteen words complete it
The ending of a life
No mention of a father
Of children or a wife

It might have been a sunny day
Or one deluged with snow
Or just with winter’s keen cold breath
I guess we’ll never know

I smell the sweating horses
Hear creaking of a sleigh
As Charles tugged and held the lines
The last time on that day

It might have been a patch of ice
A small uneven dip
That caused the team to buck and lunge
And start that fatal slip

About a hundred years ago
From a river hauling ice
Charles Hubbard slipped and fell
And ended then his life.

By Gerry Hubbard June, 20005

Seasons On The Hill

And the seasons would come and the seasons would go
And our whole world would change with the flow
As the sharp verdant springtime resolved in soft focus
As the hills drowned in summer's warm glow
In Autumn, the mountains were like purple haze that muted fall colors soaked through
Then winter's keen breath brought the snow & white frost
And another new year to us, too.

By Gerry Hubbard

Father's And Their Children

Happy Father's Day

Happy Birthday David Gerald Hubbard

David Gerald Hubbard Born June 13, 1967

David’s Song

How did you do it when only a boy
Composed all those songs of your life and your friends
Played with life’s music, with songs full of joy
With tempo and rhythm and rhyme without end

Learned every word of each song that you heard
And stored them away in a place in your heart
To birth them anew with music and word
And give them to others as doing your part

Brought kindness and beauty and light to the fore
With songs about loving and fun
But some about poverty, hunger and war
To focus on change where it had to be done

Going through life with your dreams always hoping
The world would do all right by you and your friends
Trying to stop all the sadness and groping
And hoping the fun and the songs never end

Not caring for wealth of material kind
Your kindness and music has set you apart
And the people who know you are rich in their minds
And you soon find a place way down deep in their hearts

So keep up the music and keep up the joy
Life’s journey is all in the fun
And never forget that the luckiest folks
Are the one’s who can call you friend, brother, or son.

Happy Birthday Marilyn Ann Hubbard

Marilyn Ann Hubbard, Born June 12, 1936