My sister, Sara, called me this morning. Often we have very off the cuff “talks” about various and sundry issues. Today’s issue began with Don Imus’ recent remarks. I thought Imus was rather crass and racist for saying them – it certainly was not encouraging speech in any way. And we agreed on this. Our…

Finally it is raining in April. We had snow for a while there, and then lots of sunny days, but it’s nice to see some rain. I just mowed all the grass with the new mower, and let me just say how much I am loving that. It is the fastest mower I have ever…

Dare I say it? Spring is finally here for sure. Really. I mean it. So much so that I washed and waxed the car. Well, at least the front of the car. You see, I ran out of wax and I was only able to do so much. Sadly, I also had no money at…

As I walked in to Starbucks this morning (I did say “Excuse me!”) I noticed the copy of USA Today on the newsstand. Blaring across the front were multiple photos of the Virginia Tech killer. Apparently he mailed NBC a video and other items between the first shooting and the second wave of shootings. I…