There was a dusting of snow on the ground.
How could that be?
It is already spring!

The Little House series of books, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, were always favorites of ours.
Every time I see snow in early spring, I think of Sugar Snow.
Little Laura thought that Sugar Snow was literally sweet snow that you could eat.
Pa explained how it got that name.

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My daughter, the teacher, borrowed items from my baking cabinet.
Her second graders are learning about measurement.
Things that I don’t use all the time were taken.
Things that have duplicates were taken as well.

Except one item…Baking Powder.
My husband’s birthday was on the weekend and I was making his cake.
I reached into the cabinet to get the baking powder and it was gone.
For some reason, I did not have any more in my cabinet.

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I was on the phone this morning with a sweet woman.
She is in the hospital and the phone is the best way to connect with her right now.
It is so easy to get discouraged when you feel cut off from everyone.
It is so easy to struggle with your outlook when circumstances affect your perspective.

We talked about many things.
I listened to many things.
I wanted to hug her through the phone and tell her it will be alright.
My words and my heart…coming through…had to be enough.

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I do our main food shopping once a week.
I usually have to go back for milk and produce.
I needed to run to the store for bananas and mixed greens.

I enjoy making a salad for lunch.
Mixed greens, red and green peppers, radish, celery, tomato, grapes, garbanzo beans, black olives, feta cheese, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds sprinkled on top!
Homemade olive oil and balsamic vinegar dressing.

As I was buying my mixed greens, I was suddenly fifteen…shopping at the grocery store.

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If you ever come to my house, you will always see a seasonal flag flying.
There is something about them that always looks so inviting.
Since it is March, a St. Patrick’s Day flag is hanging, with a bright green shamrock.
Last month, it was a pink heart for Valentine’s Day.
I have had many of my flags for years and they are still in good condition.

I do have my favorites.
One flag I really liked was purchased in Lancaster County, PA.
It looked like an Amish quilt.
A storm came up very quickly one day, and I never got a chance to take the flag down.
My Amish quilt flag was torn…and I have never been able to find another one like it.

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Prince Horace was incorrigible.
Behind his back he was known as Prince Brat.
As terrible as he was, it was forbidden to spank a Prince.

The King solved this discipline problem with an orphan boy, named Jeremy.
Jeremy was brought into the palace, from the streets, and kept in the castle.
This common boy was to be punished in the Prince’s place.
Jeremy was the whipping boy.

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