Almost all of the trees  in people’s yards and along city boulevards that were topped in our huge summer thunderstorm last July are now cleaned up, and most of the trails are cleared in the forests as well.  Still, while hiking along, there are just so many trees that have…

I hate to be tickled.  I really hate it.  My whole family knows this. The other night I was sitting at the dining room table while Mr. SP worked through  couple of math problems.  My husband was being a pest. Mr. SP:  Hey Dad!  Want me to hold Mom while…

  The Saturday before Halloween I was drowning in a sea of homemade applesauce.  I was overjoyed to have bins of apples given to me by Grandpa Bob (the grandpa of our neighbors up the hill) and the applesauce is so very tasty.  It is a time consuming process, however.…