Updates, stories, & miscellaneous musings by Pamela Spock
When I first saw it in the backyard, I was horrified. My peony bush was infested with ants! They were crawling all over its tightly wadded flower buds… which, I knew from the year before, bloomed in a most striking fuchsia color. Upon closer examination, however, the buds appeared to be healthy. So what were…
In the 3000-meter Steeplechase, Kenyan runner Abel Mutai was only a few meters from the finish line when he got confused with the signs and stopped. For some reason he thought he had finished the race! Right behind him was Ivan Fernandez, from Spain. “Keep going, you’re almost there!” Ivan’s voice shouted. Abel didn’t know…