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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.

It's so cold in my house that I'm doing something I'm sure no woman in the history of the world has ever done. I'm wishing for a hot flash. Of course, when I need to turn my temperature regulation on its head, my hormones are stubborn and stable.

I wanted to approach March with an open mind. Daylight saving time starts on March 12. The spring equinox is March 20. Opening day for the Red Sox is March 30. Maybe, just maybe, it's time to turn the page on winter and think spring.

I always thought the age of discovery to be a reference to ancient times, but for me it's all about current events. I don't mean public events, like what passes for news on TV broadcasts, but important discoveries right in my own home.