Dear Customers,            The end of October is always a little bittersweet for me.  All the leaves are off the trees (except for my extremely stubborn Silver Maple) leaving the landscape barren and brown with tinges of gray.  The evenings come on sooner and sooner as we near the winter equinox on December 21st.  It’s…

Dear Customers,            When I stop to consider my favorite fruit, I realize that I pretty much like them all.  The lone exception may be kiwi fruit.  They’re fuzzy and they have some ugly little seeds on the inside.  Watermelon in season might just be first, followed closely by bananas, strawberries, cherries, blueberries, oranges, grapefruit…

Dear Customers,           The thing about legends is that they’re usually at least a little bit based in fact, though often embellished to make them more interesting.  In grade school, we listened to the Legend of Johnny Appleseed who traveled throughout the Midwest, particularly Pennsylvania & Ohio and is attributed with planting numerous apple orchards.…

Dear Customers,            Everybody has joined the movement to get all the sponsorship money they can possibly squeeze out of advertisers.  There is a new collective bargaining agreement that allows MLB teams to wear a patch on their uniforms, identifying them with an advertiser.  The Pirates wear a Sheetz patch, the San Diego Padres have…