It occurred to me last week that this week would be my 500th article.  Then it occurred to me that I ought to do something special in honor of it. I don’t know if anyone is going to consider this to be “special”, but this is what I decided to

My dad retired from farming in the late 1980’s.  Finding himself with a lot of time on his hands, he started reading library books.  That worked out well for everyone because it kept him out of my mom’s hair, and that meant she was able to focus on her arts-and-crafts