Today, March 11th, is “Johnny Appleseed Day”.  It commemorates the death of John Chapman, otherwise known as “Johnny Appleseed”.  I remember as a child reading a book about this folk hero, who planted apple trees throughout the Ohio Valley.  Wikipedia has an interesting article on him. That got me to thinking about the saying, “An Apple [...]

So … what are you going to be doing on Saturday? Handing out treats to the kiddies (big and small) who come to your door? Going to a costume party? Celebrating the original reason for the holiday? When we lived in the city, we handed out treats until full dark and then went to a [...]