This morning I was driving home from purchasing a much-needed Starbucks®, that oh-so-necessary-coffee-break as the business world pummels you, when I heard an interesting thing on the radio. It seems that birds which are migrating north from their winter habitats

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I feel acutely sensitive to fall this year. I had thought this summer would be spectacular, and I was ready; but the drought that took hold of southwestern Michigan these past few months assured the demise of spring’s promise.

Now

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I spent three hours weeding today; and it was a rather satisfying, although humbling, experience. It made me realize that, no matter how organized the gardener is, she cannot depend on weather.

I started the spring growing season high with

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Earl and I have several bird feeders set up in our back yard, and we watch with great interest who frequents them. We don’t know one bird from the next, but we still like watching their habits. We also like

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