It's the first big sign of spring, and when it's in full bloom, it reminds me of Ivory dish soap. I usually find myself getting down on my knees and sticking my nose into them.

I wasn't a great communicator, but I communicated great things, and they didn't spring full-bloom from my brow -- they came from the heart of a great nation.

The bulbs we planted in the fall should be in full bloom the first and second week of April.

It's also called taiga. We've had people from Sweden here who recognized the plants, and naturalists from Russia ? their language was limited, but they could throw around the Latin names, so we had a common language.

Because they like the shoreline, they've really suffered from development.

I think any politician, regardless of their religious conviction, has to be a megalomaniac - they have to be! Anyone who works in that kind of job has to be so full of himself to do that kind of thing.