This bud’s for you.

While it is arguably always happy hour somewhere, these buds won’t quench your thirst, bring forth the Clydesdales, or provoke the “taste great, less filling” argument.  

It really does take its sweet time.

There is no rushing maple syrup. Like time and tides, this special nectar waits for no one. Only temperature and trees can decide when it’s time to tap.

And I think that they have decided that the time is right. In late February and early March, an agricultural revival comes to Massachusetts and New England. The maple trees awaken and become ripe and ready to be tapped for sap.

American author and lecturer Dale Carnegie was onto something when he noted, “I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious because the obvious is what people need to be told.”

This time of year, the obvious is the squirrel. It is the one type of wildlife that we can see every day.

“Forget love . . . I’d rather fall in chocolate!”

  While no one owned up to that quote, I say, whychoose? Enjoy both this Valentine’s Day.

On Sunday there will be lots of love and lots of chocolate, and though some may thank Cupid for finding them love, the chocolate fans should be worshipping Hegemone. Hegemone is the Goddess of Plants and is responsible for making sure that plants bloom and bear fruit.

Oh Ryan, tall, dark and handsome, you are truly heavenly. 

I have a crush on Orion. He is the big guy in the winter night sky. Easily identifiable, he lights up my nights.

The tooth fairy is really in for a surprise. I hope that she knows what she is getting into. It might be more than she bargained for.

No matter how good your dental hygiene is, you may be harboring fugitives.