Editor’s Letter

April has Arrived

If March was all about the green, April is all about the yellow. Yes, it’s that time of year when we are all dealing with the budding trees and plants and all that pollen! We all want to be out of the house and enjoying the beautiful spring weather but I’m curious if you clean your outdoor area every single day (sometimes several times in a day) or if you just wipe off areas that you use. It’s like a never ending cycle! Wipe everything off, sit and enjoy, go back inside for bit, wipe everything off and start again. 

Though April brings the yellow, it also means time to start your gardens and get ready to reap the benefits shortly. Even if it’s a small container garden, it’s always a fun family thing to enjoy together from the planting to the harvesting. In this issue you will find some fun tips for gardening with kids.

This month is also National Poetry Month and we are celebrating this with our contributing writers from the Foothills Writers Guild of Anderson. Each month they contribute a wonderful poem or poems for you to enjoy that has some tie to the particular month. In the words of Alice Osborn “Poetry is so important because it helps us understand and appreciate the world around us. Poetry’s strength lies in its ability to shed a “sideways” light on the world, so the truth sneaks up on you. No question about it. Poetry teaches us how to live.”

As the trees, bushes and flowers shed the pollen we tend to shed some of those heavier winter clothing items and start looking forward to the lighter, brighter spring clothes. Be sure to read our article about some of the newest and hottest spring fashion trends.

Football season may be a few months away but here down South football is always on everyone’s mind. We love to celebrate the players and coaches that play their hearts out each week during the season and in this issue, we celebrate a winning coach in the South Carolina Upstate, Westside High School, coach Brian Lane. Lane and his team accomplished something the school has not experienced since 1969. 

Till May – spread more love, laughter all around and remember to be grateful for all your blessings. Please, send some snail mail to a loved one.