Because we believe the Elroy-Sparta Bike Trail has been a great thing for our area, we supported the Bike Me fundraiser on Saturday by having lunch in Wilton and attending the post-ride celebration in the evening.

We watched the Memorial Day special on PBS on Sunday evening. It is always a meaningful tribute to all of those serving in the military.

The storm blew in Tuesday evening, and within a few minutes, it was over and calm again.

“No pain, No gain” was said for people who just couldn’t quit, even though their backs, knees, the legs were telling their brains to give it up.

Three days of bright sunshine last weekend brought apple trees and especially the flowering crabapples into full bloom.

By the time you were reading my account of beautiful springtime last week, the weather turned around, bringing us close to an inch of snow, rain and wind and was

Don’t you just love it? I’m talking about spring, when you step outside and hear birds conversing with each other.

Perhaps I’ve become a sporadic writer. It’s rare that I spend a day in bed, but what I suspected was the flu forced me to, and writing a column was the last thing I wanted to do.

Two 1/2 years ago, when Frank Martalock was afflicted with shingles, he begged people to get the shot to avoid getting them.