Columns

It's May. Spring has sprung and summer is coming. The days are becoming warmer and it is definitely getting greener outside. May is National Barbecue Month, which is fitting, as Memorial Day is on the 29th and many of us will host cookouts.

I suppose updates are in order. Much has happened since last month and I know the interest in my world is sky-high, so I won't keep you wondering. How is my hand?

Ask 10 people what they like to read and you will get 10 very different answers. This creates a challenge for a local library. The Orr's Island Library, for example, "only" has room for nearly 10,000 books.

I hear it approaching and my hand reaches to my side, where I don't keep my holster. The noise of tires running over the tarred surface intensifies, and at any moment the vehicle will crest the hill.

I am a hunter. That statement might earn me a dirty look, even a request to leave the party, immediately! Much depends upon the company you keep and where you reside.

I don't know about you, but for me, April is the official start of spring. I know it was slow to arrive, but we now have longer days with warmer temperatures.

The television in our home (there is only one) is seldom on. Mostly I find the contraption annoying, starting with news broadcasts. We turn the TV on most evenings to hear what the weather guessers are hoping to get right.

The thick blanket of snow glitters under a nearly full moon and the stars are poking through the navy sky. I love picking out the dippers.

When someone asks me why I work in journalism, I give a couple reasons: I love to learn and every day is different.

Brrr ... it's cold out there! As I write the March "Library Connections" column, we are preparing for the arctic blast and the kind of February weather I remember as a kid.