A transformation from trees to jogging suits and back again

Nobody does table arrangements as well as retired teachers, who, I presume, hone their artistic skills on bulletin boards and class murals and the smiley faces for A-plus papers.

And so recently, when I spoke to a meeting of Mississippi retired teachers, I came home with not one, but three gorgeous flower arrangements, the day’s centerpieces. The teachers had emptied their own gardens and created huge, heaping displays to brighten the restaurant where the meeting was held.