What a Difference a Fall makes
Hi, everyone! My last post was in June, just before leaving for Europe. Today is September 18, Some of you may have wondered where I got to. My trip to Europe was all I could hope for, if you don’t count the discomfort of flying Economy for 14 hours each way....
The Last Flowers of Spring
It’s Spring! No, It’s Summer It could be said, and probably is by people who move from the east coast to the west, that California does not have four identifiable seasons. My brain is still in Spring, and in fact the calendar tells me that summer...Exploring a Supermarket with a Four-Year-Old
A Covid Baby Walks into a Supermarket. . . My youngest grandchild is a Covid baby. That’s what one of the parents sitting near me during a recent musical performance called her son. Singing and clapping a la Kodàli, the children standing on risers in front of...
In Like a Lion and Out Like a Lamb
Lions and Lambs As a former Kindergarten teacher I’m familiar with many rhymes and aphorisms about the weather. March this year did not follow the ancient verse that the month would come in like a lion and go out like a lamb. In fact it came in like a lamb and...
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