Eastern Shore

I can kill most anything green.  Intentions are great manure.  Whoever coined the phrase, “It’s the thought that counts,” most certainly was a lousy gardener. I live on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, where mild winters and balmy summers allow me to grow a vibrant carpet of dandelions.  I love those perfect yellow flowers with their meaty […]

Really? School’s out? Again? How can we expect our kids to pay for our social security if they can never get an education? Although I am an Eastern Shore native, our family thrived for over a decade at the base of the Colorado Rockies. There, echoes of the spirits of pioneers calling them westward over […]

It has been said that a mother invented Velcro, but I believe a pee wee basketball coach is a more likely story.  I’ve never seen a game stopped so many times for such a basic task as tying one’s shoe.  And it’s not like we parents don’t check those things before our kids run onto […]

Part 1, Part 2 Cousins beware.  It’s waiting for you.  Enjoy the video – still some humor, plus how-to.

Part 1, Part 2 When I was young and had birthday sleepovers, all the boys would sneak in BB guns and we would spend the nights in battle, welting each other till our faces looked as if a hornet nest had been dropped on our heads. A little blood was common, though it came mainly from […]