Mrs. Teabody Greets the Day

Good Morning, Gentle Reader! Doubtless you are wondering why this first Saturday of SPRING finds you still in your winter pajamas with no hopes of balmy temperatures any time soon. Mrs. Teabody had hoped to spend some time giving her rose bushes a little trim and snack today, but with temperatures to remain in the thirties, Mrs. Teabody has enough sense to remain indoors and pursue appropriate indoor activities, i.e. reading and napping whilst ignoring household chores that have gone un-tackled as Mrs. Moppit has swanned off to warmer climes. Were you a talented mathematics student, Gentle Reader? If you were -- and it truly DOES take all sorts to make a world - - perhaps  problems of this ilk did not inspire almost immediate ennui: Four oranges and five apples cost $3.56. Three oranges and four apples cost $2.76. Find the cost of an orange and the cost of an apple . . . Do pardon Mrs. Teabody as she nodded off after the second mention of oranges even though oranges serve as th

Good Morning, Gentle Reader. Mrs. Teabody trusts you are as annoyed as can be with the latest in a series of time changes. Who decides such things anyway? It occurs to Mrs. Teabody that whoever makes such decisions will one day simply get it into his head to move the clock forwards SEVEN hours or to move the clock backwards two hours and forty-five minutes, and then what a fine pickle for everyone, do you not concur? Regardless of  having to endure such whimsicality, Mrs. Teabody has noticed signs of spring everywhere and shall today cast 0-45-0 all though the flower borders and prune off a few branches of forsythia for forcing. You should do so, too. Spring only comes once a year, after all, so wallow in it and all its commensurate joys with abandon. The Teabodys enjoyed a wonderful sojourn in Mexico and Mrs. Teabody came back with renewed energy to tackle two problems which have plagued her for some time. The first of these was the purchase of an extremely portable electronic de