PEACH PERFECTION
Like Christmas, it only comes once a year. So don’t miss it. If you love fresh peaches like I do, “hie thee hither” to your …
TINGE OF AUTUMN
What’s that change in the air, that subtle tang that wasn’t there last week? Oh, I see, it’s time to flip the calendar. September is …
VERGE OF SPRING
The vernal equinox! Just two days from now. Can you feel it in the air? Today I opened a window and didn’t shudder. What a …
WHAT IS SO RARE
As a day in June? Many thanks to James Russell Lowell (the poet) and my mother, Violet, who spouted numerous flowery poems whenever she got …
THE SHOW MUST GO ON
It happens only once. What happens only once? Everything! New Hampshire people become autumn snobs at this time of year. O to be in New …
TOM AND ME
It was years ago. The cold gray light of a late November dawn was just beginning to seep through my bedroom window when the alarm …
TOILET PAPER
The rumors are true. Not a scrap of toilet paper to be found on Walmart’s shelves – not one tiny shard. The Corona virus has …
THE FRIENDLY SKIES?
Time was when flying was a social event. People actually dressed up to fly. Women would don their church clothes and high heels, perhaps even …
“THE CROWN” AND THE HUNCHBACKS
I recently overdosed on this fictional, fact-based drama of the UK’s royal family. Puzzled by my addiction, I had to step back and figure out …