I don’t know of anyone who is not eager for Spring! Hopefully that big snow of last week was the last gasp of winter. Now we need some good spring rain to come through and get the earth to growing. While Sunday, the 20th, is the official “First Day of Spring,” the Full Moon on Friday night is the “Worm Moon” that really kicks off the Spring season.

Dancing on air and cartwheels with style, Singing with soul and looking divine. This girl who loves music and things bigger than life Is about to turn the magical age of nine! It’s all about makeup, perfume and clothes In a bedroom full of colors and dreams.

I believe in miracles, I truly do. And I believe miracles happen all around us, every day, in many ways.

* “The Sound of Music” first aired on the big screen on March 2nd, 1965. One of my favorite songs, no pun intended, from the movie is “My Favorite Things.” My fifth grade class at Robbins School in Omaha performed it at our Christmas concert. The girls all wore mittens.

* We recently made a quick trip to Texas to watch our 9-year-old granddaughter play basketball in a tournament. We had been wanting to go watch Karsyn play, but it had not worked out during their regular season. The opportunity to attend the season-ending tournament, when her team was the number one seed, provided the hope of seeing her play more than one game—if they won the first game. They did win their first game, which was the first game of the day at 8:am. Their second game wasn’t until 2:pm, so that gave us time to go back to the house, get some good food into everybody’s tummys (hence a stop at the donut shop!), and have a little break before the next game. But Karsyn’s team didn’t play as well the second game so that ended the tournament for them, which was fine with our grandkids because that meant we had the rest of the day to goof off. The only problem was, it was way too cold to be outdoors. Too cold... in Texas? It was not only cold, but we had a blizzard for an hour or so with huge, fluffy snowflakes. With the ground being too warm to capture snow, there was no accumulation. But things truly are bigger in Texas... those were the biggest snowflakes I’ve ever seen!

Dear Editor: I was extremely disappointed when I had occasion to read the judgments section of the Stockton Sentinal recently. Four generations of my family have operated Farm Implement & Supply Co., Inc.

* Hello March, let Spring begin! * It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold. When it is summer in the light and winter in the dark.

There are just too many yummy desserts to sample in two weeks, so I simply had to split them up over three weeks. Bear with me as we go back for thirds of “The Best Dessert in Every State.” OHIO: Buckeyes.

* I started my spring cleaning a little earlier this year, but have not made much progress. I cleaned out my closet and only got rid of one shirt.

I recently ran across a list of “The Best Dessert In Every State,” and I thought it very interesting, but now I think a National Dessert Tour is in order! These winners were somehow determined by editorial staff at “Taste of Home” magazine. I sure wish they would have called me to help decide. They wouldn’t even need to pay me, except in sweets!