Monthly Archives: May 2023

Here in Virginia, temps have been in the high70s/low 80s all week. It’s heaven! We’ve spent a lot of time relaxing on the deck. Birds are flocking to the feeders, including some hummingbirds. My flowers are doing fairly well. The … Continue reading →

I have a tendency to idealize the 1950s, but there was more to that decade than poodle skirts and sock hops. What we had then that was terrifying was the “Red Scare.” Communists; the USSR; the threat of nuclear war. … Continue reading →