Weekly Villager » Iva’s Input

Ha Ha!

Iva Walker — Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:33 +0000

`You thought that spring had come, just because you looked at a calendar and got out your flip-flops and sunscreen (I wear sunglasses all year, so that’s really no indication), not to mention making pool plans. Think again, Hummingbird-watcher. I DID hang out four loads of wash on the line to ...

Getting Old is NOT for Sissies!

Iva Walker — Tue, 07 May 2013 20:25:47 +0000

Just dealing with the medical and insurance issues is enough to send a rational individual(That would be me…no snickering out there) around the bend. I will be the first to admit that my medical and insurance issues are–knock on wood–WAY less fraught with difficulty than many other folk out there who ...

Become a Master Gardener

Iva Walker — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:55:55 +0000

The Ohio State University extends itself into every county in the state–all 88 of them. These are called–what else–extension offices and they offer information, advice and services to local residents. This can cover agriculture & natural resources, community development, nutrition, family & consumer science, 4-H programs–a whole bunch of things. ...

Caution ~ Auction!

Iva Walker — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:52:41 +0000

The Kiko folks have taken to putting up signs of this nature along roads where one of their commercial activities is going on, and with good reason. These secondary highways are plenty full of just plain drivers, let alone the avid auction-goers looking for a place to park–without sliding into ...

How’s your Easter Bonnet look with snow on it?

Iva Walker — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 02:30:47 +0000

Good Grief! Polar Fleece and long johns, peeps and bunnies with frost on their little noses…er…beaks…er …whatever. Deep frozen chocolate eggs and jelly beans, rock-hard marshmallow anything. How crazy has this season been so far? This is Spring from the old days, the ones where hardy ancestors walked two miles ...

Spring Things

Iva Walker — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 02:49:23 +0000

How’re you liking Spring so far? Yes, indeedy, the official astronomical beginning of Spring was on Wednesday, March 20 at 7:02, EDT ( Or 11:02, UTC). Actually, I lied; according to the Farmer’s Almanac there is no “official” start to any of the seasons. That all depends upon the climate of ...

Going, Going, Gone!

Iva Walker — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:47:54 +0000

Well, going to an auction is often an adventure. This last one, though, was more than I had bargained for. First of all, it was being held at what must, surely, have been the last–or nearly the last–farm in Aurora. I saw a sign –kind of faded–that seemed to indicate that ...

Super Bowl XLVII

Iva Walker — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:17:24 +0000

So…O.K., …I took notes….not during the Super Bowl game, which didn’t turn out quite as I had hoped, but of the commercials that paid for all of the hoopla. Mercy, what an assortment! The R-C had a short piece from the Associated Press headlined, “Celebs, babies, beer : It’s Super ...

How do I get on these lists?

Iva Walker — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:37:44 +0000

How do I get on these lists? Bad enough that I get pleas from every animal rescue organization on the planet–puppies, kittens, polar bears, horses, donkeys, whales, big cats, farm animals, exotic animals (I tend to hope that abusers, traffickers and slaughterers will all fry in hell), you name ‘em. I ...

The Muse Is Angered

Iva Walker — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:59:35 +0000

Well, I just hate it when electrical things get weird and I have to do something about the situation without having a CLUE as to how to approach the problem. So, I go to start writing another of my pieces of deathless prose for inclusion in The Weekly Villager ( This ...