Remembering The Holocaust
I have a confession to make: When it comes to remembering the Holocaust, I try not to; in fact, I will go to great lengths to avoid it. When I was about nine years old, I read Anne Frank; The Diary of a Young Girl. I knew before I began that she died in a.. read more →
Bluebird Housing
With the spring came the return of our cheerful bluebird team. Mom and Pop Bluebird took turns popping in and out of the birdhouse, checking room dimensions and discussing possible nesting materials when, suddenly, out of nowhere, came the most dreaded predator in the bluebird kingdom—a pair of sparrows. The sparrows immediately began unloading their nesting stuff.. read more →
The Bluebirds of Happiness
To commemorate my fiftieth birthday, my family gave me a bluebird house. I love birds, and that’s a fact, and it was a cute little house, and Kevin mounted it out on the fence, pronto, but … it seemed a little weak for a fiftieth birthday gift. I also have to confess when I looked.. read more →