Mrs. Teabody Greets the Day

“Nostalgia serves a crucial existential function,” Dr. Routledge says. “It brings to mind cherished experiences that assure us we are valued people who have meaningful lives."  How cross has this "spring" month made you, Gentle Reader? The buds on Mrs. Teabody's forsythia and roses are so tight and tiny there seems little hope of a flowery Easter and even the little birds at the feeders are wearing their winter coats to breakfast. If it were not for a nice steamy cuppa English Breakfast and a wooly robe, Mrs. Teabody would be languishing abed instead of tapping away this almost the end-of-March Sunday morning. Complaining about the weather is fruitless, of course. Mother Nature will do as she pleases and if Easter morning arrives blanketed in a few inches of snow, it will come as no surprise to Mrs. Teabody and her esteemed group of friends pictured above. Clever Mr. Teabody used his computer skills to superimpose formal graduation/yearbook pictures from 1963 a...

Good Morning from a pinky-skyed Meadow Grounds Mountain where every clock inside Chez Teabody has been given notice that changes are coming. Mrs. Teabody is sipping a fragrant cup of "Pete and Irene" and enjoying its dense notes of chocolate infused with cardamom. Tonight is the night this little part of the world switches from Daylight Saving Time (DST) to  Eastern Standard Time (EST). Meaningless in this context of course. There is only one thing most folks want to know: "Do we turn the clocks back or turn them ahead?" And the very wise in the world sagely recite the mnemonic, "Fall backward, spring forward." This generates grim looks, clenched fist and jowl and the response appropriate to age and relationship, most of which Mrs. Teabody has no intention of sharing. A simple "WTH" suffices. For intents and purposes here, just before you fall into your bed tonight at 2:00 A.M., you will want to turn your clocks AHEAD to 3:00 A.M. . In ot...