Excelsior

I was getting up close and personal with some Balkan Bears' Breeches (AKA Acanthus Mollis , and where have they been all my life?) when ...

Not that anyone asked, but: Q: How many weeds did the kiddos pull from the brick walkway in front of our house yesterday morning? A:  Uncou...

None of this should be a surprise, I tell myself. We raised our own children and fostered a bunch of other children while going to grad sch...

July! Academic summer is half over, but Grandma and Grampa Camp has just begun. My daughter and son-in-law will be making beautiful music in...

The best way to eat sweet corn, of course, is to chomp on one buttered ear after another while  standing up in a field w ith your closest hi...

I wonder how many times the checkout clerk at the grocery store has to listen to the same complaints about the weather? Nothing but hot hot ...

The problem with working in overly air conditioned offices is that stepping outside the building feels like walking into a solid wall of hea...