Hey MLB! Bring Day Games Back to The World Series

A game for the ages was played on Wednesday night, the type of game baseball fans live for.  Game seven of the 2016 World Series had everything die-hard baseball fans love, two franchises that haven’t taken home the title in forever, home runs, comebacks and extra innings. As a fan of the game I know that those who were lucky enough to see the whole thing will probably remember it forever.  I wasn’t lucky enough to see the whole game.  Oh, I tried to see the whole game, but I couldn’t stay awake. Continue reading

The Great 6th Grade Frog Jumping Contest

When I was a little girl, every spring and early summer I would fall asleep to the sound of peep toads.  In addition to the peepers, we had many other types of frogs in the area and I would look for them in the local ponds and play with them for a while before setting them free.   To me, frogs were nature’s toys that did it all, they sang, swam, jumped, ate bugs and made me laugh. Continue reading