It's a given that one thing leads to another, and that's what happened at a neighborhood alley sale I was part of at the end of May. There I met Meredith Tabscott (above) as she was in the midst of convincing her husband Dave, a guidance counselor at Ladue High School, to squeeze a riding…
Sunday, July 8
A cicada (of the annual Dog-Day variety), top of photo, made a huge ruckus when I inadvertently watered it as well as the plant it was hiding in the other morning. I was as startled as the bug. A neighbor, who just moved here from LA, inquired about what the very loud whining noise is…
Fourth of July 2012, Part III
After the Fourth of July parade, on an extremely hot morning, some of participants bypassed the popsicle truck–at least for a moment–and made a beeline for the Maryland Plaza fountain. An addition to this year's annual event was a craft table for children to make newspaper hats and red, white and blue fish under the…