News for the Twin Tiers
Is the aroma from my kitchen wending its way out? Do you smell cinnamon—- chocolate—-orange? This is cookie-baking week —- a variety of cookies for that family gathering I mentioned in the last essay. Pineapple cookies, ginger cookies, chocolate cookies and some melt-in-your-mouth buttery nut cookies. One thing I’ve Read More …
The birds aren’t singing as enthusiastically as they had two months ago, but they are still happily visiting the feeders and chirping away contentedly. A very small hummingbird – probably this year’s baby —- zips in for the sweet fluid and hesitates when he sees Read More …
“Oh, my back and Oh my bones” was a running commentary from a fictional granny in the Ruth Fielding series of books, every time she arose from her chair. I know the feeling!! A small group of us were in conversation one day, reciting a litany Read More …
‘Tis the season of the Strawberry Moon, according to the Algonquin, Ojibwe and Lakota peoples. And from ancient Rome, we’d be one day past the Ides of June! Few people realize (unless they sat through Latin classes with Mrs. Dunn) that the Ides come every month. Read More …
To quote a line from “Oklahoma” – “June is bustin’ out all over!” It is a symphony in green and gold. Read More …
May is a marvelous time of year. Read More …
Hands in the dirt bring good vibes to the psyche! Read More …
Easter is just past though one of my favorite lilting, happy songs says: “Every morning is Easter morning from now on….”. It was a most unusual Easter morning which I will, perhaps speak of in a later essay. It included the death of a long-time friend and member Read More …
“The sun was warm but the wind was chill; you know how it is with an April day when the sun is out and the wind is still, you’re one month on in the middle of May. But if you so much as dare to Read More …
Our recent spring-like weather has most of us who garden looking through our seeds and perusing the plant catalogs once again —- just to make sure we have all that we need. Last week, the turkeys stopped coming down so often and I think the Read More …