April 6, 2008
This Sunday . . .
. . . I’ve decided to rest.
Or, to work in the yard or to clean the garage or to wash the car if it’s not raining or to . . .
Posts Tagged as ‘Spring’
April 3, 2008
Find a Rainbow - Tell a Joke
Today, April 3, is national find a rainbow day. If doesn’t rain, that could be difficult. Then again, if it doesn’t, maybe you can find that symbolic “rainbow” and have a great day.
According to this long list of April Special Days, this month offers a lot to be happy about. We celebrate frogs and gardens, keeping America [...]
March 29, 2008
Detour to Riverside or Spring comes to Iowa
With the Beatles “Good Day Sunshine” playing on the car’s CD - “I’m in love and it’s a sunny day” - I ran into a detour north of Washington, Iowa, on County Road G36.
Oh well, it’s a sunny mid-Friday afternoon and I’m in no hurry to get back to the office. It’s a good day to [...]
March 27, 2008
Golf Courses to Open - Yipeee!
After a long cold and snowy winter, word has come that Cedar Rapids will open its city golf courses by Monday. That has to mean other courses in Eastern Iowa are either already open or will soon let us duffers line up at the No. 1 tee box.
If you’re like me, you can’t wait. But first, [...]
March 26, 2008
Go Fly a Kite
As the snow melts and springtime breezes pick up, it just might be time to fly a kite.
I came upon today’s Ramblin’ column in The Gazette when Bob Royer of Lisbon and his lifelong friend, Darrell Langan of Cedar Rapids, stopped in with Bob’s story about building kites in 1948. I set it aside at the time, waiting [...]
March 20, 2008
March Madness - Good Luck with your brackets
March Madness arrives on the first day of spring this year.
For the first time in recent memory I’m more excited about spring than I am about college basketball. Don’t get me wrong, I love watching college basketball. But I’m more ready for spring.
Maybe I’ve lost interest this year because Iowa, Iowa State and the University of Northern Iowa [...]
March 15, 2008
Winter’s Last Saturday
The weather forecast said party sunny, but I’m all sunny today. This is the last Saturday of winter. Spring arrives Thursday. Ramblin’ is always more fun when you aren’t scraping windows, dodging snowdrifts and slipping on ice.
Snowbirds can come home now.
You can polish the golf clubs and dig out the baseball glove.
Inflate the tires on your [...]
