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ooking for hawks one Sunday we headed towards the Woodland Bottoms. It’s hawk-watching time as the leaves are gone from the trees and spotting them is easier at this time of year. We are always surprised by something new and today was no exception. We drove across the railroad tracks at the south end of the dike, took the road to the left that went towards the railroad bridge and then up onto the dike. The very first thing we spotted were three adult bald eagles that seemed to be intent on catching a fish in the middle of the river. The three were circling together out in the middle and diving down to the water. My husband, Bruce, pulled over to the side of the road to watch and see just who would be the one who came up with the ‘fish’. We could see a splash and then one would dive down with claws extended only to come up with empty claws. It seemed as if the fish was playing a game with them as we would see a splash, three birds diving down and all three not able to catch that ‘fish’. One bird finally gave up and flew towards the railroad bridge looking for something easier to catch. As we continued to watch, one bird actually came down fast into the river and was up to his belly in the water. It seemed to be struggling to get up out of the water but finally made it into the air. It flew low to the water towards the mouth of the river and came to rest on a snag in the middle of the water. We drove towards the perching bird to watch as it ate the fish. The other bird flew away evidently leaving the catch for the one bird to enjoy. As we neared the snag area we saw white feathers floating away from the eagle as it quickly de feathered the tiny pied-billed grebe. It wasn’t a fish after all. It seemed that the eagles were just harassing the bird until it could no longer fight. Three against one tiny bird is just not fair. HAWKS—cont’d on page 2

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After going on we noticed that there were many piedbilled grebes in the Lewis River and in the back waters of the Columbia. They are so cute with their powder puff of a tail They are easily identifiable and always a joy to see as they float along and disappear under the water with a snap of the fingers only to pop up further down stream. HAWKS—cont’d on page 3 top:

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Birds Galore: RedShouldered Hawks are featured! By Norma Brunson

3 What’s Happening Around Town

4 Over the Garden

Gate: Scratch the Gardening Itch By Cheryl Spaulding

5 Stepping Stones By Pat Stepp

6 History: Army Mules & Aeroplanes

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By Karen Johnson HAWKS—cont’d from page 2

As we were still hawk hunting we continued on. We had heard that a rare hawk had possibly come to our area and we wanted to see it. The hawk that we wanted to see was the red-shouldered hawk It is in the buteo or buzzard group. These hawks are large, thick-set birds with broad wings and wide, rounded tails. The red-tailed hawk is one of these types. They eat rodents rabbits, sometimes small birds, grasshoppers and lizards. The red of the red-shouldered hawk is a more russet color or cinnamon. The longish tail is banded with dark black bands with white in between. Towards the primaries (fingers) there is a small white patch called windows. These windows can be seen as the bird flies overhead. The underparts are a robin-red color. No, we didn’t find our rare bird but have seen it in Sacramento Valley, California where it is normally seen. In fact in is seen all along the coastal area of California and sometimes in southern Oregon. We returned home to our easy chairs and were content to watch our bird feeders from the comfort of our warm living room WHAT’S HAPPENING AT VFW when, all of a sudden, a h a w k swooped in GUARANTEED WINNERS!! and landed on a branch Every Tuesday — PUBLIC WELCOME! near our Games Begin @ 6:30—COME JOIN US! w i n d o w. BREAKFAST—2nd Saturday Each Month; 8–11 AM Maybe I can tell you Gus Forbes VFW Post 1927 about it next 434 Davidson Ave., Woodland, WA (360) 225-5854 time.

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o I bet you think it’s over. No more gardening chores for a while. But it’s sunny outside and suddenly you have the itch to garden, the need to feel soil under your fingernails and smell green things growing. For those of us who are died-in-the-wool gardeners, for those of us that need to scratch that itch, there is always indoor gardening. And houseplants fill that gardening void very well. Not only do houseplants provide a nice aesthetic quality in the home, they can actually benefit your health. Many By Cheryl Spaulding plants filter toxins like formaldehyde, xylene and toluene, which can seep into the home from building materials and paint. Plus, beyond cleaning the air, plants can reduce stress and symptoms of depression. For the seasoned gardener and the inexperienced gardener alike, I present for your edification the following list of plants that seem to be the best candidates for inside-thehome gardens, most requiring low-to-moderate levels of care, light and water. Jade plant: (also called the Money Tree), is a beautiful succulent that requires very little water (it can live up to a month without being watered). Jades grow best in soil that is a mixture of onequarter sphagnum moss and three quarters sand or coarse soil. Like other succulent plants, “jades” prefer full sun or the bright filtered light of a south-facing window. Jade plants do best where they get four or more hours a day of direct sunlight. Jade plants may produce small white or pink leaves. Mature “jades” can grow upwards of three or four feet around and tall. Peace Lily: Hands down one of the most elegant houseplants around, the Peace Lily has white lily-like flowers with long, dark leaves, and is great for those rooms where you would like to have a plant but don’t have much light. In fact, unlike other houseplants that may show yellowing leaves when they receive too much water, yellowing leaves in this beauty may indicate that the plant is receiving more sunlight than it needs. The plant will do best if placed within 6 to 8 feet of a window. If the leaves begin to droop, it may need more water but make sure the soil dries out between waterings. (Pet owners beware: Lilies are considered highly toxic to cats and can cause kidney failure if ingested. They have not shown the same poisonous effects to dogs.)

African violet: This striking plant is a very popular houseplant, and is one of the easiest flowering houseplants to maintain. As their name suggests, they are native to Africa, growing mainly in Tanzania, neighboring Kenya, and other tropical areas. Even if you’re a complete novice, the growing basics needed for healthy, blooming African violets aren’t that hard. Hint: you must provide adequate light for this tender beauty. It is the most important factor in growing African violets. Place your plants near any window that has bright but filtered light. An east window is best because it gets morning sun. A thin curtain will be necessary if placing plants in a south or west window. In order to develop a nice symmetrical form, plants should be turned quarter turn every week. If a good natural light source is not available, plants can be grown under fluorescent lights. Use double tube fixtures with one cool white bulb and one broad spectrum bulb. Lights should be placed 8 to 10 inches above the top of the plants and turned on for 12 to 14 hours a day. If plants have tight centers or seem to be bleaching out, reduce the number of hours to 8–10 a day. When watering your African violet I suggest using a long-spouted watering can filled with room-temperature to get to the soil. Avoid getting water on the leaves and flower parts. Philodendrons are closest to my heart. Some varieties are small and some are huge, some have heart shaped leaves and some have leaves that can be used as an umbrella in an emergency. Most Philodendrons are vining plants but a few can stand on their own with a little assistance. Philodendrons are very hardy and do well next to a window, although they can withstand some neglect and low levels of sunlight. Be prepared for this one to take over your home if left unchecked. The Zebra Plant: This one landed on my list not because of how easy it is to grow but rather because of its beauty. Aphelandra or more commonly known as the Zebra Plant has it all: great foliage and cool flowers. The large, pointed leaves are a deep, glossy green with bright silvery veins. When the plant flowers, usually in the late summer or autumn, it can bear up to an 8 inch tall golden flower bract that often lasts for up to six weeks. It’s a beautiful plant if you have a good source of bright, indirect light and can mist the plant once or twice a week. If the leaves start to droop, add a little more water. Lucky Bamboo: According to Feng Shui, Lucky Bamboo brings peace, strength, and luck to the homes it inhabits. Additionally, it is one of the easiest plants to maintain! Change the water once every two weeks and leave in a place with medium exposure to indirect sunlight. If the leaves turn yellow or brown, it may be getting too much sun. Cast iron plant: thrives in deep to moderate shade, and (hence the name) can last forever in seemingly adverse conditions. With its hardy reputation, this one is a keeper for low light conditions. And finally the Mother-in-Law’s Tongue converts CO2 at night (it is suggested that it be placed in a bedroom), and removes toxins in the home. It prefers sun, but it is a very forgiving plant and will tolerate shade. Let the soil dry between waterings and err on the side of under-watering.

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s St. Valentine’s Day approaches, I want to share my on-again, off-again love affair with Cyberspace. I had dropped my camera, then used it wired together for BY PAT STEPP © Copyright 2013/2014 the next two years. I recently purchased a new camera with a zoom lens and many other features. (A friend printed off forty-three pages of how to operate it.) Needless to say, I soon became obsessed with taking pictures of everything alive. A spider, which lived on the other side of my living room window was my first subject. I managed to shoot a dozen shots of him with the zoom lens, then crop them. He diligently repaired his web after each rainstorm. When he left his web, the web, itself became invisible unless some unsuspecting bugs were snared there. I was thrilled to find a program online which would further doctor my sophomoric efforts at photography. The program was able to make the web darker and hi-light the yellow cross on the spider’s back. Spencer on his web is my current screen-saver. The holidays interrupted my efforts of shooting shots of birds, squirrels, and cats. Instead, I switched to towheaded children. In the New Year I wanted to access my new program to upload my pictures. Then I realized that I had not written down the password I created for the program website. When I admitted my forgetting my password to the machine, I was assured that the problem could be easily remedied, so I followed the procedure suggested for people who ‘think’ they can remember passwords. My first problem was reading the garbled security code letters inside a little box. On the third set of letters I passed the test. I went to my e-mail as instructed. An administrative code was given into my care. I carefully wrote down the series of combined letters and numbers. I went back to the site and for the next three and a half hours, I sat hunched over the hot machine. I kept failing to get the little green signal lights to light up in sequence. They reminded me of directional lights that guide pilots while landing. I was sweating when I finally landed the plane. (I mean, created the new password.) I wrote my hard-won password down. At that moment my love affair with Cyberspace was on again. In my mind’s eye I saw lovers running through a meadow toward each other with out-stretched arms. I discovered the Cyberspace experience late in my life. When my brain was in peak learning mode, the radio and party telephone lines were the coolest thing around. Like many of my peers, I have embraced our 21st Century technology and adapted to it. Through it I can talk face-to-face with my 92-year-old aunt, be taken on a tour of his remodeled home by my great-grandson, make a date with a friend online, read what my circle of friends did over the weekend, and send this column on its way to my Editor and Chief.

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or an adventurous young man growing up in the early 1900s, few things could have been more exciting than the prospect of flying machines. Charles Francis Walsh was born in California, but eventually made a name for himself as one of the first intrepid aviators in Portland-Vancouver area. Walsh’s father ran a grocery, but that obvio didn’t interest our young man, as he started a bic business while still in his teens. When that turned to be less than lucrative, he odd-jobbed aro California and the Southwest, obtaining a “Station Engineering” degree and a wife in the process. Bu was soon infected by the flying bug, and persuad few businessmen to invest money in an aeroplane designed himself. The “900-pound monster” coul get off the ground, but Walsh was not discourage well, maybe just a tad discouraged. He eventually met Glenn Curtiss, a real innov in the aviation field, and in his way just as famou the Wright Brothers. Reenergized, Walsh built a machine, and was credited with being the first ma California to build a practical, flyable pl In 1911, Walsh received Pilot’s License 1 issued by the Aero Club of California. T same year, he took his wife and two yo children up in his plane—they thus bec the first family to fly. Walsh then started a series of exhibi flights in company with other aviators. transported his fragile aircraft by train various cities in the Northwest, includ Seattle and Wenatchee. On June 15, 1911 showed his skills in the air over the Vancou Barracks. The Portland Oregonian ra

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lengthy story under the headline “Army Mules Terrified!” “Vancouver Barracks, Wash., June 15.—(Special)— When Charles F. Walsh, aviator, soared above this fort today for the first time in history, the curiosity of Government mules and horses here was more than satisfied and the frightened animals charged madly about the field at a loss to know where to go, when they heard the roar of the aeroplane’s engines overhead. “In passing over the parade grounds in front of the officers’ quarters, he saw a woman with three children look up at him and then rush into a near-by house in a fright. “Miss Veda Potarf, society reporter on a Vancouver paper, desired to make a flight with Aviator Walsh, but an accident to the machine on alighting after the second flight prevented her being taken aloft. Colonel George K. McGunnegle, commander of the post, also would have gone up as a passenger with Walsh, but he is much too heavy a man, having the largest physique in the First Infantry. “Several hundred soldiers, officers and residents of Vancouver watched Walsh make two successful trial flights this afternoon at 5 o’clock. In the first flight Walsh made from the aviation camp on the artillery drill grounds, he soared two miles in a circle around the polo field. On making the second flight, he first went over the mule stables, frightening the

animals in the corrals. He turned up the river and coming back, went straight over the parade grounds and officers’ quarters at a height of 400 feet. “Turning to the left he started to fly over the Columbia River, but just as he reached a point above the bank, his engine began to miss sparking, so he landed, breaking a couple of trusses next to the engine, when he ran into a small ditch. “Three machines are now in the aviation camp on the artillery drill grounds. The mules, who pasture there during certain parts of the day, are so curious to see what is inside, that they go up and poke their noses through slits in the tent.” In an interview for the Vancouver Columbian, Walsh matter-of-factly described his emotions: “I never feel at all nervous or frightened. I am always a little nervous before starting but after I have looked the machine over and know that it is all right I trust it implicitly for I know it will do. Everything that happens out of the ordinary in the air, I regard as an experiment and am always curious to know just how it will turn out. I have never felt even the faintest tinge of fear while in the air. If I see that I am going to hit something I am so busy steering the machine so as to do as little damage as possible that I never have time to think of myself.” The Columbian went on to say that “Mr. Walsh pronounced the Polo field here as the best field for aviation in any of the three coast states. He is delighted with it. The company will make many flights this summer in the pacific northwest.” Walsh went on to flying exhibitions all across the U.S. and in Cuba. But like so many other early aviators, his career was short-lived. While performing in Trenton, New Jersey on October 3, 1912, Walsh’s plane “fell about 2,000 feet while attempting to make a spiral descent after a perfect climb at a height of at least 4,000 feet.” Walsh died on impact, only 35 years old.

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over flies are very good at looking like other insects, especially a wide variety of wasps and bees. They even go by several names other than hover flies. They can be known commonly as flower flies or syrphid flies. They use their bee and wasp mimicry to try to protect themselves from predators as they go about their work seeking nectar and pollen. As they o vLI hunt for these food sources they also do a lot of polliST K o OR n L O ow andGAROF nating. Even as young larva they work hard hunting down YA ND PH A OTOS BY NOR

their other favorite food source, many types of aphids. While they are in that larval stage they look somewhat like a maggot, but with a bit more color and rarely do they end up in large groups like their other fly cousins. The young syrphid larva I see in my yard are a nice green color with a light yellow or white stripe down the center of their back. They also have a slight downy look to their skin. Their head is quite small and is at the more narrow end of their body. They can be about one half inch long and about one eighth of an inch wide when almost full grown for that stage. They are definitely intent on aphids as that is usually where I find them. They eat a lot of them to grow to the adult stage of their life. As adults they can range in size quite a bit depending on which species they are. There are hover flies all over the world except Antarctica. The female of the syrphid fly will lay her tiny rice shaped eggs near an aphid colony so that food is right near by for the young little maggot like hatchlings. These guys really look amazingly like the many other insects they mimic. Even their wings will add a bit of dark color along the top edge to make it look like they have two wings like a wasp or bee. All flies only have one set or pair of wings while wasps and bees have two pair. That is one of the characteristics that is used to separate these INSECTS—cont’d on page 11

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above: Unfortunately this syrphid fly became a food source for this crab spider, but it gave me a chance to show her strength and stealth as well. If you look closely just below the wings the tiny halteres are just visible near the body of the fly who looks remarkably like a yellow jacket wasp.

“Then Midianite traders passed by; so the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.” —Genesis 37:28, New King James Version (NKJV), The Holy Bible, New King James Version Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.

s I was dusting and cleaning in preparation for company, I found little ‘dudes’ everywhere. (That’s what my kids call the Box Elder bugs that infiltrate our house every year.) There were dead ‘dudes’ in the bottom of every round thing I have! This confused me. These little creatures have wings. Why were they dying in my round things? It is so weird. When they get started on the path of their choice—say a cup, or bowl, or lampshade—they keep going, and going, and going until they drop from exhaustion and fall inside “the pit” they’ve been circling. Sometimes they fly straight into the pit of their choice and stay there until they die. They have wings for crying out loud! There is no need to stay down there and die. If I try to help the live ones out, they freak out and try to scurry away from me. Okay, the analogy will break down here, I admit, because I would freak out, too, if the helper coming to my aid intended on squishing me, but try and ignore that! The point is, there I was tsk-tsk-tsk-ing at these stupid bugs when all of a sudden I realized, “Wow! I am a ‘little dude’! I, too, have wings but often times fail to use them as I choose my path and circle my chosen “pits of despair”.

Sometimes I, too, misuse the freedom God gave me and I actually FLY to the bottom of a pit. There I squat, refusing to budge, refusing to see the way out, and/or forgetting that I have been given a means of escape. I refuse to be comforted and lifted out by whomever or whatever Jesus brings into my life to help me out. (I suppose I, too, am paranoid that I am going to get squished instead of lifted out.) The point is, I choose the pit, not joy. How does one wake up and get out? How does one dust off the wings and USE them? How do we turn off the pit-y party? by Lori aNderSoN Well, first, the Bible says we are supposed to COUNT IT ALL JOY! James 1 says: “count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” I found a good example of this in Genesis 37 in the RESPONSES Joseph had to the pits in his life. It is quite the history lesson. After jealousy and anger drove Joseph’s brothers to throw him in a pit and sell him to slavers, Joseph ended up in Egypt. There Joseph went from one “situation” to another, getting thrown into pit after pit, real ones and figurative ones. That’s how he ended up falsely accused and in jail for so long. That’s where the dreamer started to interpret other peoples’ dreams in God’s name. (It sounds like he started giving God the glory for everything—even the pits at this point.) Eventually an amazing thing happened. God moved Joseph from the pits into the palace where he was able, by God’s grace, to interpret Pharaoh’s dreams and warn him of a severe famine coming upon the land. Pharaoh was so impressed he ended up putting Joseph in charge of everything. All the dreams God gave Joseph as a youth came true. He did become the leader over all, second to only Pharaoh. When the famine hit, everyone came to Egypt to Joseph for food. Even Joseph’s brothers. You would think that Joseph, after all that he had been through, would have used his power and position to get revenge! But Genesis 45 tells us that Joseph dealt kindly with his brothers telling them not to be grieved or angry with themselves because they sold him into Egypt. He told them: “… for God sent me before you to preserve life. For the famine has been in the land these two years and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a great deliverance. Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God….” Wow! Joseph chose to thank God for his pit time instead of throw himself a pit-y party! Sometimes it takes illness, the loss of a job, separation, divorce, bankruptcy, death of a loved one, or other tragedies to get us to move. It takes adversity to get us to look to God instead of man. It takes adversity to force us to depend on God instead of ourselves. Joseph found out. We have a choice. Even when we are thrown into a pit against our will, we have a choice. The best choice is to count it all joy and be thankful. See the potential. Delight in all that God does in our lives, in all that He allows, and in wherever He moves us. Like Joseph, someday we will have no more pits to deal with. Some day God will move us from our very last pit into His palace!

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Kidd in Top Form With ‘The Invention of Wings’

he cream has risen to the top for Sue Monk Kidd. While her previous books, “The Secret Life of Bees,” and “The Mermaid Chair,” were popular women’s fiction, Kidd has outdone herself with “The Invention of Wings,” an Oprah Book Club Pick. The honor will zing “Wings” to the top of the bestseller list, but this book would be successful without Oprah’s seal of approval. What sets the slavery novel apart is that it’s largely based on the life stories of Sarah and Angelina Grimké sisters from Charleston in the early 1800s, abolitionists who fought for racial equality. In the process they risked alienation from their family and their Southern, patriarchal, aristocratic society. Kidd seems passionately invested in the Grimkés accomplishments, not only in their efforts to change the world for African-Americans, but in their quest for women’s rights. Herself a Charleston resident, Kidd shines as she weaves her narrative, which begins with Sarah as a child, daughter of a plantation owner, jurist and slave owner, and his wife, a cruel woman who thinks nothing of beating her slaves, and having them whipped and tortured. “Wings” is told in alternating chapters by Sarah and Handful, also known as Hettie, a fictional slave character. In truth, Sarah was given a slave when she was just a child, and historical documents state that theirs was a close relationship—but those were the only details Kidd could uncover in her research. Using this kernel of history, Kidd hones in on the girls’ developing relationship, one that follows them into adulthood. Using the vehicle of their friendship is a brilliant move on Kidd’s part and has produced a novel that drives home the horrors of slavery in a heartbreakingly personal manner. “Wings” is not an easy read—but it’s an eye opener and a pageturner you’ll finish with great wonder at Kidd’s progression as a writer, and admiration for the Grimké sisters. Couple it with a trip to the movies to see “To Be a Slave,” and an even more complete picture of this dark and shameful time in our nation’s history will be further driven home.

Invest Time in “The Goldfinch,” a Stellar Read REVIEWED BY KAREN CERNICH, MISSOURIAN FEATURES EDITOR

on’t let the size of this one scare you. It’s 771 pages, but the story is so engrossing and the characters so vivid that, as eager as I was to finish the story to find out how it ends, I also was a little sad to close the cover and leave everyone behind. “The Goldfinch” is Donna Tartt’s third novel and, for me, her best yet. The story opens with Theo Decker, a 20-something New Yorker holed up in a hotel in Amsterdam. We aren’t told why he’s there, but it’s clear that he’s either hiding or in some sort of trouble. While there,

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Theo dreams of his mother, who was killed in an explosion at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art when Theo was 13. He was with her that day. They were on their way to meet with his school principal because he had been suspended, but they duck into the Met to get out of the rain and also so Theo’s mom, who studied art history in college, can catch an exhibit of MISSOURI the Dutch masters. She’s eager to see one painting in particular, PUBLISHING “The Goldfinch,” which had survived a gunpowder factory COMPANY explosion in the 1600s that killed the artist, Carel Fabritius, and destroyed almost all of his other paintings. Theo survives the explosion at the The Met and so does “The Goldfinch.” He becomes obsessed with the painting, as well as with a girl he saw at the exhibit just before the explosion. The story follows Theo, who had been abandoned by his alcoholic father about a year earlier, as he goes to live first with the family of a wealthy friend, then with his father when he suddenly reappears and finally with an antiques restorer, Hobie, who was a business partner of a man killed in the Met explosion. As an adult, Theo goes into business with Hobie, but finds himself engaging in questionable transactions that threaten to bring down not just himself, but Hobie too. Throughout it all, Theo keeps a secret from everyone about the explosion and his survival, a secret that brings the story full circle, back to that hotel in Amsterdam. There are so many layers to this story that it requires a close read to catch it all and may send you back to the beginning to reread it all over again.

Oates Novel Disturbing, But Captivating

oyce Carol Oates never ceases to blow my mind. In her mid-70s, Oates continues to turn out a book a year—meaty, thoroughly researched, deep novels and collections of equally dark short stories. Recently I told a good friend about Oates’ new book “Carthage,” which was just released, urging her to read it, despite its hard-hitting, depressing subject matter. “Her books are so disturbing, but they just suck you in,” she said. I couldn’t agree more. My favorite Oates’ novel is “The Falls” (2004), and “The Gravedigger’s Daughter” (2007) ranked right up there too—but in recent years, I haven’t been able to stomach Oates’ macabre bend. Novels like “Mudwoman” (2012) and her book of novellas, “Evil Eye” (2013), left me quaking. Happily I report finishing “Carthage” and not wanting to hole up in the house with sunlamps to lift my mood. Early on, Oates’ gut-punching, descriptive voice is hard to take, but I was hooked. Oates refuses to let go, entrancing readers like a snake charmer—what a storyteller. This time the action revolves around Brett, a solider suffering from post traumatic stress, and badly wounded in Iraq in 2005; he is scarred, body and soul. Brett left Carthage, his hometown, engaged to “beautiful Juliet Mayfield,” daughter of Zeno and Arlette. The Mayfields have a younger daughter too, the “smart” one, an odd girl who refers to herself as a freak. “Cressida is a good person in her heart! But this is not always evident. It’s hurtful for her to observe happiness in others. Even people she loves.” When Cressida suddenly goes missing in the remote Adirondacks, and was last seen in Brett’s company, a search gets under way. As it ensues, Cressida’s parents tell their stories, as does Juliet, and finally Brett, before the book jumps years ahead, revealing what happened to the characters. Enough said. I don’t want to give the book away. Horrific and hard-hitting—yes, that’s “Carthage,” and a bit overlong. But it’s milk toast compared to Oates’ recent offerings. I’m happy she’s written something I can sink my teeth into instead of scaring the living daylights out of me. Reprinted with permission, Missourian Publishing Company. Copyright 2014.

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INSECTS—cont’d from page 8

two groups of insects. Syrphid flies have a pair of tiny little halteres instead where another pair of wings might be. These little club shaped appendages are believed to help with balance while flying. They are very good fliers, too. They hover in mid air, turning to study their area or look at me while I watch them in fascination. They are so busy, sometimes flying fast to the next flower of hovering just above as they wait for the other insect to clear out for their turn at a sip on nectar or a nibble of protein rich pollen. Pollen is so important for so many insects. It is vital for growth and for egg production. I always include both kinds of sunflowers if my garden. Pollen free varieties for bouquets and pollen producing types for the many types of insects that need that food source. These work horses of the garden need our support to continue to come back to help in the many ways they do. Planting a wide variety of nectar and pollen producing plants consistently and in large blocks helps with that cause. If one uses pesticides it must be with a complete understanding of the possible damage that use may cause to other insects who are not the intended target. It may be better to not use pesticides at all and use some other method to take care of a large pest invasion that specifically hits the target itself. When I have a big problem with aphids I usually just pull up the damaged plants and bag them in plastic in the sun. That usually cooks things pretty good, then the resulting stew is placed in the compost under a pile of fresh grass clippings which further heats things up. It seems that these helpers in the garden do double duty, working hard for us from the time they hatch till they reach adulthood. They are eating right: This youngster is pests insects as youngsters and pollinating our crops and chowing down on flowers as adults. They even provide entertainment as we aphids like crazy. It is the size it needs watch them and their flying abilities or their amazing mim- nearing to become an adult icry. Learning what they look like in all stages of life is my hover fly. Remember goal for this coming year. I also would like to learn more what it looks like so you about what they need to want to live in my garden full time. won’t squish this good guy of the garden. I can always use a little more help out there.

EASY CLOTH DIAPERS? The reason most people don’t use cloth diapers is probably not the folding (which some consider therapeutic) or even the washing, but the “poop” part might turn them off. Consider making “diaper liners.” My mother-in-law advised me to use raggedy old sheets for the basic materials. (Sort through your own linen closet first and then look at thrift stores, garage sales, etc.) Wash them with bleach added to the wash cycle and then rinse twice before using. Cut pieces, one layer thick, to put inside your regular cloth diapers. (You can use the diaper as a “pattern”.) If the “liners” just get wet, wash and reuse them. But if they get poopy, you can toss them like a “disposable diaper.” It’s really great advice! —Linda

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