“I saw a mouse run up the steps, into the closet and back downstairs three times,” my husband commented casually. “See? I pay attention to things,” he added. “You didn’t tell our friend she had a mouse running around in her house?” I exclaimed. “We were having a nice time, ...

“I may have messed up,” I confessed to my mother over the phone a few weeks ago. In my springtime excitement, I had planted my radishes and spinach in an elevated bed. My mistake came from not checking my calendar. I was planning on being out of town for the next week and a half. Seeds ...

“I can’t believe this is real!” my husband exclaimed. “They use DNA to solve crime all the time,” I replied. I was corresponding online with a distant cousin who had matched my DNA profile. No crimes were involved, by the way. “No one would know that!” he said after she even ...

We are rounding out the month of May already! Is anyone else wondering where the month went? May is the month for planting gardens. Somebody asked me just last week, “Have you planted your garden yet?” When I get asked this in mid-May, I tend to chuckle to myself before I give my spiel on ...

“Do you remember the packs of candy cigarettes?” a dining companion asked. “Oh, yes. What about the pink bubblegum cigars?” another added. “Of course. How about the little wax pop bottles with colored syrup?” a third mentioned. I remembered all of these. I recall thinking it was ...

Nothing tastes better than fresh, ripe berries from the garden. When I was a child, my family grew berries for the farmers market. While harvesting, I ate about half of the berries. My motto was “one for me, one for the market.” They were irresistible. Homegrown berries are absolutely ...