Where is the predicted mild winter?
As Punxsutawney Phil, sensing that his winter's snooze is about to be interrupted, begins to twitch in his cozy man-made burrow, I implore you...
Autumn leaves ready to take the stage
Mother Nature has already dismantled her art gallery and set the stage for her annual striptease. The performance is usually accompanied by wind music,...
A new generation learns the hard way
Does the word "relief" bring anything special to your mind except a slogan for an anti-acid?Probably not, unless you grew up in the Great...
Time for reminiscing and relaxing
Now is the time to pop corn, drink hot cocoa (or beverage of your choice), play favorite music, read a good book -- and fall asleep -- at least that's what happens here.
Feathered friends pose some problems
How could it possibly be the middle of July when it was spring just a moment ago and June was almost non-existent?Somehow, the...
Bad grammar is all around us
"Him and me are going to visit..."Me and my friends just pop in the car..."No one is faster than us..."Do you detect something wrong...
We’ve come a long way, or have we?
Is anyone else old enough to remember when the worst epithet you could scream to someone on the playground who was bullying you was,...
Winter’s discontent leads to disaster
This is not the column I intended to write today. This column should be titled, For Women Only. There are so many "to dos" on my list of columns to write, but an abrupt change in my life has put them on hold for another time.
Fair is here again, thanks to hard work
At last! All the suspense, all the practice, all the preparation and hard work are gone -- well, not really -- and the big...
My dear cat, Lisa, will be remembered with love
I do not want to write this column. But I must.February has once again taken a beloved member of this family. Beginning in 1965,...
