by Eric I can't recall when I first held a coin or understood its significance but I must have been very young because by the time I...

by Mary You wouldn't think Mary could be shortened, right? However, my mother often called me May while my sister calls me Mare to thi...

by Eric I prefer brief books. In grade school I'd cart five Doctor Seuss books home from the library, read them all immediately. and...

by Mary This year a striking crop of volunteer foxgloves is growing in the back garden, flourishing in its shady grove. We calculated th...

by Eric Elsewhere in this newsletter Mary details the malicious machinations of malevolent trees. While it's true that lately we see...

by Mary I love trees so it follows I enjoy gazing at our surrounding woodland, especially when its autumn colours are spreading in statel...

by Mary In my early teens the grammar school I attended arranged for groups of girls chaperoned by a teacher to spend a weekend at its ca...