Wednesday, April 29, 2026

It's like a game. If I put only $10 in the gas tank, maybe prices will go down tomorrow (which is about how long $10 lasts and I have to stop at the gas station again).

I am running with a bad crowd. Somewhere there is a bookish gathering of nerdy, sedentary types missing me terribly.

Even this summer we felt under the gun with places to be. "What time do you have to be at practice, Kathie?" I asked as I tried to gauge what I might do in the next hour.

As we have experienced this year, forage quantity is drastically down as a result of dry conditions.

He would have been 31 years old last November - November 14 to be exact, which stands out for me, because that is my birthday, too.

I raised my aching body from the wooden planked bleacher seat that I'd become fused to. I should have taken more stand-up-and-stretch breaks between heats.

Weather conditions have been highly variable this summer. As I drive through northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvania, I see beautiful fields of corn, and a few miles away I see drought-stunted fields where it looks like corn is already dying.

Baseball has its winter hot-stove league when teams and players wheel and deal in hopes of improving their World Series chances.

Hard work is good for the soul. Hard work builds character. Hard work makes you tougher. Hard work teaches you things you don't even know you are learning.

I have a limited fashion sense due to one minor detail: I'm not six-foot-nine and the weight of a Q-tip.