Spring is making its presence known here locally more and more each week, as my flowering cherry trees are in full bloom, the forsythia bushes are beaming bright yellow, and the red-bud trees and magnolias are coming into flower. Part of the seasonal cycle in my neck of the woods is the opportunity to go foraging for wild plants to add to the dinner table. Now, before you go saying “what in the world is he doing out there in…
Well, we just spent another weekend changing clocks and grumbling about lost sleep last week, but we’re once again on Daylight Savings Time for 2022. Collectively (and by law), we’ve all decided that what was once 6:00 PM just two weeks ago is now 7:00 PM. Woo. Hoo. Honestly, other than now traveling to work in the dark (instead of the rising sun blinding me as I drive eastward) and having some additional time to prep my raised garden beds…
So according to the USA Today, there’s a new, gigantic spider that’s slowly invading the southern United States and making its way up the East Coast. Known as the Joro spider, this fist-sized, yellow-bodied behemoth was first recorded in Georgia back in 2013 and has been making its presence known farther and wider in the U.S. every year. Well, that’s just great. As with any of these unwanted new residents, scientists theorize that the spider “hitched a ride on a…
Another major milestone in the Snyder household this week. My oldest daughter just turned twenty-one years old. I know – it’s hard to believe – and a little shocking to say. Not to wax nostalgic, but it really doesn’t seem like all that long ago when the hospital in Florida let us go home with her – a tiny infant that would totally rely on us for her future existence. My wife and I looked at each other with fear…