Mother’s Day Holiday Ambivalence

Mother’s Day is on the quite long list of holidays I would just as soon ignore. I’ve written previously about my ambivalence toward Christmas, but actually I don’t like most holidays and celebrations including  birthdays. Sometimes my poor attitude is because I don’t like attention focused on me. That made planning our wedding difficult. And it […]

Springs Comes

Winter in Michigan seems to never end. Days are short and cloudy. It’s cold and the wind blows. Spring isn’t really unrevokably completely  here until late May. Before then winter might reach out with a frost and kill the tender young plants of spring. Winter can be fierce and doesn’t give way easily. Spring in […]