Fir, feathers and the festive Federbaum
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum wie treu sind deine Blätter! Du grünst nicht nur zur Sommerzeit, Nein auch im Winter, wenn es schneit. O Tannenbaum, o …
Breakfast on Saturday night
This past Saturday, as my husband and I prepared our evening meal, a “breakfast-like supper†consisting of fried eggs, bacon and toast, I began thinking …
A garland of silver, anyone?
“You’re getting up there,†read the card we received this month from my mother-in-law, who sent us a congratulatory card to honor our 30th wedding …
Carrying forward the message of Earth Day
On April 22, 1970, in a suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, members of my 8th grade science class trekked to the local creek, where we began …
The language of flowers
What do a nosegay, corsage and boutonniere all share in common? The answer, of course, is that all three are floral arrangements of some kind. …