LIFE

For 95 years the West Hartford Garden Club has been actively involved in caring for and beautifying patches of nature’s art for the enjoyment of residents and visitors to the town. This spring the biennial garden tour program will not disappoint.

Andy Mozer lives in Port Chester, New York but he graduated from Danbury High School, where he formed a close friendship with Gao Cai. After graduation they went their own ways to pursue unrelated professions but eventually migrated back to each other. Two years ago, they opened Wabi Sabi, an updated Japanese restaurant at 135 South Main Street in West Hartford.

Marcos Carreras has local roots but a far-reaching musical life. His talents and enthusiasm for music have brought him from West Hartford, where he grew up, to the Springfield Conservatory of the Arts, where he has been teaching for several years, to music collaborations far and wide. A recording artist as well, he currently lives with his wife and daughter in Farmington.

You have a wok. You love soy and hoisin sauces. Your favorite way to add flavor is with garlic and ginger. But where to go from here?

Harmony is the positive result that most of seek when we come together in friendship, fellowship and especially in music. During these turbulent times, harmony is difficult to find, but the Sound of New England Chorus offers the musical beauty of female voices singing together a capella in four-part harmony on a regular basis.

Teri Leonard Michaud, writer, teacher and one of seven children in her multi-generation family, wishes her mother Rita had lived long enough to read Teri’s memoir about the remarkable woman who found a way to raise her children by herself, despite long odds. Her book “Where Are All The Kids?” chronicles her family’s survival from the year shortly after she was born.