Maple Goodness
Every spring my wife laments the forest of maple trees in our backyard and how their roots and shade will affect our little garden plot. This year she decided to embrace them instead.
Month: March 2010
Separation
I found out last week a former colleague of mine, married with two young kids was recently separated from his wife this past winter. It came as a surprise and saddened me. I had thought their marriage was strong. Then yesterday, I had a chance to discuss it with another …
Here comes the sun
Week two of our inaugural maple syrup run is looking good. Too good. I see with both enthusiasm and alarm that the high for the next three days will be 10 degrees. That’s going to do great things for our sap production which seems to be a little more than …
- Hazel Nutt Mad Scientist
Making monsters is Dr. Nutt’s specialty. Her best creations are the Yummy Mummy, the Boogie-Woogie Man, and her masterpiece, Dracula-la-la! who loves to sing Opera music. It’s music to Dr. Nutt’s ears, but the villagers don’t like the idea of singing vampires roaming around their town. When they storm her laboratory they are in for a pleasant surprise. -
