2018 Year-End Review
2018 is coming to a close. It was a year of milestone events in our house. Here is some of what happened, some of what I’ve written about, some new…
Category: Community
A Wine Bar Experience
Ames, Iowa is a great college town. My oldest son has lived there for the last six years, completing one degree and now working on others. So, over the years,…
The Bog at Boy Scout Camp
Ever since I attended Massawepie Boy Scout (I am female) Camp in the 1970’s, in the great Adirondack Mountains of New York State, near Tupper Lake, I have had a…
Safety: Importance of Following Rules
Originally, today, I was going to write about my final numbers for monarch tagging this year. But, in doing a quick search I found that I had already written about…
Our Earth: What Will It Take?
Our planet is dying. We are killing it. I am not trying to be alarmist or hysterical, I am stating what I, and others, believe to be a fact. What…
University Band Extravaganza
I left the theater Saturday night on a high note! Well, maybe not as high as if I’d been one of the piccolo players on stage, but still pretty high! …
The Sound of Silence
I am finding today to be an odd day. I feel deflated, almost. On my morning errands, which started late due to falling back to sleep after my son left…
My Thoughts on Community Gardening During the Summer: Take Two
Due to being short on time again today, I am reposting a blog piece I had written and put on the Evergreen Garden club at the end of August in…
