Crows know
By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
I didn’t mind finding a hamburger roll in my white bird bath, or a banana slice, raisin bread, or chokecherry...
We did it for Grandma
By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
The recipe for this meal begins “Dig a hole.”
Following a family tradition that began decades before I was born and...
Spring cleaning and the dusty mind
By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
With good intentions and delusions about the extent of my ambition, I compile a list of household chores to complete...
A guilty pleasure, but I don’t feel guilty
By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
When my mother gave me an age-softened novel called “The Woman-Haters,” I was not excited about reading it, being a...
When walls talk
By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
I once had occasion to visit a doctor who was new to me and whose office I will never forget.
Doctor-visiting...
Cold weather inspires invention
By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
Earmuffs. This month formally marks 145 years since the earmuff as we know it was invented.
The story goes that 15-year-old...
Pondering fast summer, slow winter
By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
Why does winter seem to pass sooooo sloooowwwwly while summer goesbysofast?
From June through September is four months. From December through...
It’s about time
By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
I suppose that most of us were happy to see the end of 2021 and hope that 2022 will be...
Gifts that make us happy
By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
When I first had the means to acquire Christmas gifts for family and friends, I’d try to discern the heart’s...
Keep pedaling
By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
The summer I was 7, I was obsessed. I desperately wanted – no, I desperately needed – a bike.
Not that...