Mud season is here.

“Ain’t it funny how a melody can bring back a memory/ Take you to another place in time/ Completely change your state of mind, ” Clint Black, “State of Mind.”

Last week, as the temperatures plummeted again, we told ourselves to look forward to Saturday when the mercury would climb.

“It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all,” said Laura Ingalls Wilder.