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Greetings and welcome to the Animal Kingdom Smack Down Edition of You Are What You Read. No edition next week because I am taking the week off. Soldier on People! It’s going to be fine. See you in a bit. This week the news seems to have been filled w ...
Hello and welcome to the Gala Edition of You are What You Read. This has been one of the saddest weeks that I can ever remember. Sadness everywhere you turn. All I want to say about it is that if you are that kind of sad, please do your best to li ...
People! We made it! Welcome to the It’s Finally Summer Edition of You Are What You Read. First of all, Tuesday’s Full Moon is known as The Flower Moon (makes sense), The Mother’s Moon (um ok?), The Milk Moon (why?), and The Corn Planting Moon. Those ...
Welcome to The Pollen Bomb Edition of You Are What You Read. As I am sure you all have observed, the golden light of Spring is finally upon us. And just what causes that golden light? Pollen Bomb, People. We are being Pollen Bombed. It. Is. Everywher ...
Greetings and welcome to the Pick Your Poison Edition of You Are What You Read. This weekend you may have to do just that, pick your poison. We have not only Cinco de Mayo but also Derby weekend. It’s a party weekend and while they both feature hats ...
Greetings and welcome to the Between a Walk and a Hard Pace Edition. This weekend’s Full Moon is The Full Pink Moon named for the wild phlox that is allegedly blooming somewhere. It is also known as the Sprouting Grass Moon (check) and the Egg Moon ( ...
Greetings and welcome to the I’ve Got Nothing Edition of You Are What You Read. This week’s weather has done me in. It should not be this cold this far into April. I find it depressing in the extreme and have spent the week fretting for our farming f ...
Greetings and welcome to the Sweater Weather Edition of You Are What You Read. With this unrelenting dreariness and cold weather it feels like we will be in sweaters forever doesn’t it? To be sure there are some new Hopeful Signs this week. I have no ...