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Hearth to Heart: Winter’s Final Throes
We can never be sure how long and hard we’ll be blasted with cold days at any time of year, but the hope of spring is dancing closer. Thoughts that spring is officially less than a month away lift my spirits, even though I accept the fact that my winter apparel (gloves, scarves, and occasionally
Plan To Eat Healthy, Spend Less
Trying to go from breakfast all the way until supper, I’m
reminded, again how much better off I’d be, “grazing” through the day with several light meals and snacks rather than two bigger meals.
“All work and all play,” they say
When I’m asked how I do it all, I wonder if all is probably assumed to include keeping a nice, neat house where I can find everything, and everything’s in its place.
Young and Old, Bright and Bold
I visited my daughter Josie at an off-campus apartment she shares in Kent. I packed several things they could use and while I gathered her mail and a book she requested from home, I threw in a couple of plastic shopping bags full of slightly used Halloween decorations that Kathie brought home from her school’s blood drive for the Red Cross.
De Leon Didn’t Discover It
I passed the heavy “Cast Only” doors and muted harmony drifted from behind them, voices warming up. In the theater’s darkened balcony, I sat down beside my spotlight.
The Paradox of Our Age
I received the following essay, which was attributed to comedian George Carlin, but it turns out he had nothing to do with the piece.
Pack a Lunch
Our family has never felt compelled to do “back to school” shopping like some, but since Kathie’s lunch bag from last year is worn and stained, during a weak moment in Wal-Mart, I opted to pick up an insulated hot pink bag and a coordinated water bottle that slides neatly inside.
Father’s Day is Baby Boomer Young
No, our Father’s Day holiday was not invented by Hallmark cards. The special dad’s day holiday should probably be credited to Mrs.
Getting Beyond the Grief
Coverage of the tragic massacre at Virginia Tech will be, by today’s standards, old news when this issue of Farm and Dairy comes out, but I’m motivated to write about little else when concern about the incident is so great.
Charged on Chocolate
Though humans have been enjoying chocolate en masse for a relatively short time, the cacao bean has been around for centuries.
