2020 Vision

The day after.  Have you ever thought about what it is like to be the morning following a highly-anticipated holiday?  The celebration that we eagerly awaited is now past tense.  The presents are unwrapped, the stockings no longer bulge with goodies, and the...

Let us eat salad!

When I read a recent newspaper information story, it triggered a whole flood of memories.  It seems that beginning in June, our publication will be delivered by mail instead of carrier.  Times have sure changed.  A whole lot of years ago when a friend...

It’s not easy being green

Unless Easter happens to fall in March, the only holiday really celebrated during the month is St. Patrick’s Day, which is not that big of a deal.  Unlike the major holidays, it doesn’t merit a day off work, and the mail is still delivered.  One thing we...

A Summer Staple

I have been looking forward to this week for a while.  Two of my grandchildren are staying with me for several days; we plan to attend Vacation Bible School at my church. Vivian and Liam are both seven years old; each of them just completed first grade.  I wanted to...

The green of Spring

What is the color we all wish to see this time of year?  Tired of all the drab browns of winter, we eagerly await the days when we look out our windows and behold – green! It is exciting to see the earth put forth shoots that herald spring.  Lawns that lay dormant...