Dear All,   Spring, which has actually been here for some time, has finally opened its eyes. I guess it didn’t like what it saw considering how fast it has been asserting itself over the last several days.  I don’t think that I have ever seen snow melt so quickly.  …

Dear All, My head is bare as are my feet.  My pant legs are rolled up to just above my calf in the finest of Tom Sawyer traditions and my sleeves (to my elbows) as well.  And it is still morning.  If that doesn’t say Spring, then what does? You …

Dear All,   Alright, alright, alright!  Enough with the sun already!  Yeah, yeah . . . I know . . .  it’s getting warmer blah blah blah; the snow is melting blah blah blah; no more shoveling blah blah blah.  If it wasn’t supposed to rain tomorrow (Tuesday) I would …

Dear All,   Despite the massive piles of snow on the ground and the occasional (but still happening far too often) bone-chilling gust of wind, there are signs of Spring afoot.  Ants are beginning to make an appearance (I do so loathe the smell of ants!); the cats, who have …