Yesterday we spent a good part of the day in the trees, walking and admiring the signs of spring. We saw turtles mating, sunning themselves on logs and a beaver dam. There was an unidentified mammal swimming, a beaver or otter, moving fast and diving. There were fish, lots of them and bugs, but not the full variety of summer. The birds were out in force and so far we…

Like every other American, I take a day out of my life, collect my paperwork, go over it twice and go and see the tax man, hoping and praying that I can afford to pay the taxes my government thinks I owe. The last thing anyone wants is to challenge the IRS. After all they have the power to ruin you. So I dutifully collect and add up figures, look…

One of my favorite parts of spring is watching the seeds that I plant start to poke their noses out of the dirt. This morning, I have little green noses greeting the sun. My garden this year will be filled with peppers and cucumbers, and tomatoes.