Spring is in full bloom. Flox, iris, and even the delphinium are bursting to beautify our borders. Honeysuckle is sweetening the air. Strawberries are ripe for picking and mouth-wateringly delicious. In the vegetable garden, the peas are flowering and the potatoes are up. Every night we have enormous salads because the greens are so lush and prolific that we… Read More Books in the Garden

Cynics doubtless lay this holiday at the feet of some card manufacturing company whose aim was to cash in on the most common human experience. Regardless of that supposed motivation, are not mothers to be celebrated every day of the year? The Bible says, “Give honor to whom honor is due,” and half way through  the list of the… Read More Happy Mother’s Day

You never know what to expect. That is part of the fun. It may be the most exciting event of the year, or a complete waste of time. Either way, if the whole family goes, we will have fun together and good memories of a day spent with one another. How? Where? Plundering the offerings of library sales.… Read More Something Fun for the Whole Family

Whenever I mention that good books are disappearing, someone is sure to bring up Ray Bradbury’s book Fahrenheit 451. I remember avoiding that book because I wasn’t much of a science fiction aficionado; however, when I did finally read it, I couldn’t put it down. Of course it seemed ludicrous that firemen instead of putting… Read More Is Truth Stranger Than Fiction?