The noise level around us keeps rising
All through the night, especially during those nights when sleep isn't quite sleep but a semi-consciousness, sirens wail. The emergency room of a huge...
Cookbook is a feast for the mind
"Take nine eggs, one-half pound of butter or a tea cup of olive oil, three cold cooked chickens or one medium-sized turkey, two or three bunches of celery .
Be alert and listen to your house
Have you listened lately to your house, especially if it is an old house? Over the years you've learned to identify its creaks and cracks, its rattles and bangs, without becoming alarmed. You also know its smells, not just from the kitchen, and if a skunk is passing through.
Little Sister and Ori together again
They are together again, Ori and Little Sister. Never before has this house been utterly silent. Never before has this house been virtually empty except for Lisa who misses her friend almost as much as I do.
When it rains, it pours: N’ahli R.I.P.
(Editor's note: In the Jan. 4 column, Boardman Police Officer Kim Kotheimer was incorrectly referred to as "Jim" in one sentence.
Experience Christmas Eve in 1959
Once again I'm sharing with you my mother's thoughts of Christmas and even though you receive this week's Farm and Dairy on Christmas Eve,...
Cat woman: There’s a new girl in the house
Full-figured Bingo is not quite sure where she is just yet.But, with typical feline curiosity, she is exploring every corner of every room, every...
Be thankful despite your troubles
In these very troubled times - national troubles, global troubles, financial troubles, violence troubles, climate and weather troubles, energy troubles, war troubles, strike troubles, health troubles, ad infinitum - there are many families who will surely have trouble being thankful this Thanksgiving Day.
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...
March musings recall march of time
March is certainly being March, at least in my area, where there is great bluster with huffing and puffing and white-outs one minute, benign sunshine the next.
