The sun is shining and the temperature is over 60 degrees this morning. It looks like it will be another gorgeous day and spring only officially begins tomorrow (March 20). All signs of spring are here, first among them: the rhubarb is peeping through and winter onions are up. Also the horseradish and tea plants [...]
This past week has been a very busy week with cutting up the beef. I am so glad that this job is done for another year. My hands still feel stiff and sore from all the cutting and slicing. We bought a meat slicer at an auction but it didn’t work very well on slicing [...]
It’s “officially” spring, and it certainly looks the part this year. There’s nothing timid about the abundant daffodils, full-blown flowering apple and Japanese magnolia trees and lush forsythia bushes. The grass in our yard has that emerald green, slightly “lumpy” look of new spring grass, not yet tamed by a lawn mower. Bunches of violets [...]
Spring break is coming up. Ohio schools all have their spring breaks within a six week period that starts in March and spills over into April. I live in a community whose citizens scurry for the nearest wheeled or winged vehicle as soon as the final bell sounds on the day before vacation starts. After [...]
My grandparents — both sets — came from around Winston Salem, North Carolina. Most of their children and grandchildren settled in that area as well. Consequently, a lot of my cousins, who are more like my brothers and sisters, are still in Piedmont, North Carolina, between the mountains and the Atlantic Ocean. Every family occasion [...]