08.08.2011 Community Calverton: Farewell, Ludwigia Woo hoo! The birds have hatched and have left the nest in the tractor. I was able to chop up some pesky weeds Saturday without fear of being pecked...
08.04.2011 Community Calverton: BHCC chicken BBQ coming up I’m a new step-mama. The baby mockingbirds have hatched in the engine of the tractor and all three are doing quite well. I am looking forward to the day...
07.26.2011 Community Calverton: Notes from around the community I hope the heat wave is over for the rest of the season. I did not like it! When it is 88 degrees at 8:15 a.m. something is not...
07.20.2011 Community Calverton: A chicken barbecue and an unusual tractor passenger I begin my column this week with some very sad news. Our dear friend Dickie Green passed away last week. Dickie was a man who would do anything for...
07.13.2011 Community Calverton: Adopt a pet from Kent at Shirley Veterinarian Hospital July 16 I had a nice week. I ran away with my daughter Jamie to her home points north (the outskirts of Albany) and forgot about life for four days. The...
07.03.2011 Community Calverton: Baiting Hollow Congregational Church chicken barbecue coming up I hope everyone had a great Fourth of July weekend. I have clearly lost my mind. Last week I forgot to wish a happy birthday to my friends who...
06.28.2011 Community Calverton: Summer has arrived, and so has the local corn So, you guys did it. You all made it through the school year. Graduates, whatever you have planned, be it moving up to another school, going to college, or...
06.21.2011 Community Calverton: Some of Riley Avenue Elementary School’s finest retire So this is it. It’s the last week of school for the students at Riley Avenue Elementary, as well as for some of Riley’s staff. A huge retirement party...