I must admit, I shed my first pandemic tears when I could not hug my daughter on Mother’s Day. She arrived bearing wonderfully thoughtful gifts; we shared a lovely visit outside in our garden, social distancing the entire time and then she waved goodbye and drove off. I broke out in tears.

Garfield, Forest View, and Marysville elementary school students were recognized by the American Automobile Association for heroism and commitment to safety by being inducted into the Washington State AAA School Safety Patrol Hall of Fame.

Nancy Pelosi recently introduced legislation suggesting spending upwards of $3 trillion in a third round of public spending to support our sagging economy. That would bring our deficit spending to more than $4 trillion for the year.

As long as the present economic conditions persist, the “cost” of our government supporting this debt is modest.

When it comes to plants that are sun tolerant, drought resistant, and pretty much maintenance free, nothing can compare to sedums.

They fit nicely into rockeries, spill over retaining walls, blended into sunny mixed borders, and are great just about anywhere you want a carefree plant. 

As I write this over 800 folks in our great state died from the virus. A number to us, but one of them was a decades-old friend that I wrote about in a previous column.

So now what do we do next?  Forget about the dead? Thank our lucky stars, and perhaps stripes, that it wasn’t one of us?