Fresh Cherries

The cherry tree has produced its newest drop of juicy, delectable fruit.  After years of “fruitless” anticipation, the past few years have produced enough cherries to have a few each morning for breakfast or as a snack while walking past to water the flowers.  Not sure what changed.  Several years ago, I pruned it sharply, [...]

Daily Read

Reading the newspaper every day is one of my life-long habits.  Qwirky bits of information, jaw-dropping stories of man’s inhumanity to man, funny stupid criminal tricks and tidbits to use in conversation with all kinds of people populate the pages.  What is of particular of interest on any given day varies, but it is a daily ritual that helps [...]