Horticulture Hotline
Well, I finally did it. I got every green thing that I could stuck into a pot, a plot or a raised bed–no bunks,...
May Flowers? No Pilgrims In Sight
Not a lot of sunshine either, lately. And did you celebrate May Day? You missed marking the halfway point between Spring (Vernal Equinox) and Summer...
Comin’ For Ya, Martha!
Well, I am sure that Mart is shakin’ in her shoes (the brand new ones–Skechers, dontcha know) when she contemplates my gardening efforts. Martha Stewart...
May Flowers It Is
You know…the May flowers that come after the April showers…which we did have a few of. We do not even have to wait for...
Is This Really It???
It’s Spring…sorta. Get out and watch your favorite runner…thrower…catcher…jumper…lifter…hitter…pitcher…whatever. Dress in layers and take your raincoat and/or umbrella–you know how it gets around here–maybe...
Brrrr!! Go Team!!!
Springtime ! April showers and all that. Snow in the forecast. Must be Track Season ! One of those groundhogs must have been funnin’ us....
Everything BUT The Kitchen Sink
Get yourself to the Geauga County Home & Garden & Farm & Whatever Exposition next year. You missed it this time; and what an...
“Vernal” “Schmernal” is this the real thing?
Okay, I’ve seen worms on the sidewalk, I’ve seen daffodils coming up (as well as a couple of lonely tulips) in front of the...
Was That A Polar Bear On A Bike??
Coulda been–the grizzlies are still in caves…in Geauga County. Anyway, the bikers were in Garrettsville for the 10th Annual RoadApple Roubaix bike event–all four hundred...
I’ve got to get out more…
For any number of reasons, actually. I have always said that I should not be allowed to go shopping unsupervised. Especially GROCERY shopping. Good Grief...
Is this Groundhog’s Day or April first?
I never saw the movie, “Groundhog’s Day” but I gather that the premise of the whole thing was that the same events kept happening...
Somewhere, far away, Edison is weeping
The man had over one thousand patents, great and small, and I cannot get my television to work properly by the biggest football game...
It’s a Heat Wave!
Well, it’s the closest thing we’ve seen for a while, anyway. According to the OFA (Old Farmer’s Almanac), Saturday, the 25th was the date of...
There’s Snow Goin’ Out There
Walking is on hold for the duration, I reckon. I may be occasionally not too bright (The jury is still out on that one.)...
Cold Enough for Ya?!
So…when did single digits on the thermometer become a “norm”? Good Grief ! I must say, the hill in back of the Y has...
Rant ? Me???
Time for the annual...or semi-annual...or when I da—d-well feel like it... chance to point out the error of the ways of anybody not me....
“Reserved” seating…
Having now attended many of the season’s offerings of drama, music, sport, church , community activities of various sorts, I’m again noticing how we–many...
And to think…
…that winter–meteorological/astronomical/calendar-wise–is all of three weeks away (December 21, 2024) and about that long ago we were all marveling at how unseasonably warm it...
Ho Ho Ho… How Much?
I have got to get out more. That’s going to be my approach to being gob-smacked by the prices of all sorts of things. Shop...
All Fired Up!
And I’m not talking about the fall colors and all that… though they are quite lovely, as usual. My pawpaw patch is a brilliant...
Be Careful!
As in, “Be careful what you ask for, you may get it.” Having passed the astronomical beginning of Fall (the Autumnal Equinox, September 22)( interesting...
Coming… Going… Gone!
Our local United Methodist churches–Garrettsville, Nelson, Windham– are joining up on September 29 for a joint potluck dinner/brunch following a combined worship service at...
Shine on !
Does it seem that we’ve had more than our share of “moon events” lately?There was the total solar eclipse back on April 8 (Still...
Instead of Red or Blue, Why Not Purple?
As the election signs pop up in yards in local communities around the nation, the election season begins to heat up. Instead of focusing...
First Down—Rubber Duckies!
WOWZAH! That ball game on Friday had folks in the crowd looking for animals proceeding, two-by-two, toward the exits somewhere out by the end zones....
Two down, one to go!
Fairs, that is, bumpkins. I have now hit the Lorain County Wellington Fair and the Portage County Randolph Fair and am seriously planning (requires working...
Cancel “the Carlson Thing!”
Thanks to an amazing turn-out of care and concern (including the arrival of “the Squad” at the conclusion of the early service at Garrettsville...
The Name Game
“Who dat?”“Who dat say ‘Who dat?’“Who dat say ’Who dat?’ say “Who dat?”Back in the Dark Ages of vaudeville entertainment this was a routine...
Mostly Miscellany
I hope that the various vendors, wandering wine-tasters and customers of all descriptions will have judged the recent “Sip & Shop on Main” event...
