Let me give you my best Andy Rooney impression. Ahem… “Ever wonder why we call light red pink? We don’t call light blue or light green anything but light blue or light green, unless you are one of those fancy… Read more ›
I have learned an important thing about tillers recently. That, in terms of number of friends you have (like the flesh kind, not the electronic kind), they have a similar effect as to pickup trucks. When people find out you… Read more ›
I was watching funny commercials on YouTube the other day when I had a revelation (And it was not that men in kilts are really hot — I have known that one for quite some time).   Thanks to Garrison Keillor… Read more ›
You might be a gardener if… …Your vegetable crisper drawer holds more vegetable seeds than actual vegetables …When you go to the circus and step in elephant dung and your first thought is “I wonder if that would be good… Read more ›
It is the lovely, lovely month of May which is kind of like the Christmas shopping season of the Cleveland gardening world. All across Cleveland, gardeners are assuming the charge (as in forward or credit) position. There are flowers… Read more ›
My garden lost a great friend yesterday. I am sorry to be so morose. Many of you come here looking for laughs and this past week I have posted little of that. But this blog is about my life and… Read more ›
Damn, Earth Day snuck up on me this year. I always think it is later in the month, probably because I just kind of wish it would GO AWAY. It is time for Hanna’s annual Earth Day Rant. Examining how… Read more ›
So the legend goes that violets were created after Zeus, who is perhaps the most philandering husband ever to grace the tabloidic pages of history and myth, made love to a beautiful maiden and then changed her into a heifer… Read more ›
I have found it always starts with a “Mom, [insert pet’s name here] isn’t moving.†And from there the morning rolls right into the shitter. The rest of the morning is filled with tears and explanations about life and death… Read more ›
It has been a long, long while since I wrote a “how toâ€. I suppose I figure just about everyone knows how to do it better than me. But lately, I have had an obsession that was inspired by a… Read more ›
