Opinion

Body Dear Neil: Can you tell what is destroying my tomatoes? Entire stems have been eaten off. Leaves are stuck together.

Body If you have ever grown your own garden and planted zucchini, you know that it can get out of hand very quickly. One plant, if taken care of properly, makes enough zucchini to feed a family of four with plenty of leftovers to share with friends and family or even neighbors.

Body I’m going to the drive-in this weekend – for the first time in 42 years. You see, the COVID pandemic has disrupted and rearranged our lives forever, but it has also given birth to some wonderful trends, such as the comeback of the drive-in movie theater.

Body In 1963, an All-Star game was played that few fans watched, and 59 years later, nobody remembers.

Body This week we will look at the spring feasts, called this because of when they fall on the Jewish lunar calendar. Michael Norton in his book, “Unlocking the Secrets of the Feasts,” said, “The spring feasts picture the events surrounding Jesus Christ’s first coming.

Body Dear Neil: Two or three years ago we planted three small Amethyst Falls wisterias at the base of our pergola thinking they would bring cooling shade in the summer.

Body During the Bicentennial year of 1976, I was a 15-year-old history geek. To be alive for the 200th birthday of our nation, particularly in Philadelphia, where it all began, was intoxicating.

Body No sooner had Texas Sen. John Cornyn finished taking bows for delivering 15 Republican votes to pass a bipartisan gun safety bill than he began talking up amnesty.