A lot of love at the old swimming hole
Bert and Maizie were down at the swimming hole on Lewis Creek the other day. Saturday it was. The sun was bright hot and...
A world without words
What are you looking at? You’re reading this, so the answer is easy: words.Are they mere words, or does every word you read hold...
Not a ‘great first step’ at all
Recently, State Superintendent of Public Instruction for Ohio Paolo DeMaria announced that state lawmakers have eliminated the fourth and sixth grade state-mandated social studies...
What brings on grandkids’ sudden anger?
Dear Grandparenting: I pay equal attention these days to what it’s doing outside as the weather inside our house. It gets right stormy in...
Fond memories of Cedar Point
As summer rolls on, it has been fun to look at the social media pictures of folks out and about from parts far and...
Billy, the official town dog
Billy had to get his chores done early. It was the heat, of course. Now that it’s summer, he no longer has to escort...
Protect and defend
As the Beatles once sang, “The love You take Is equal to the love You make.”Obviously they’re talking about a personal relationship. But this...
For the love of ice cream
July is officially National Ice Cream Month. Until this week, I never knew such a month existed. But what could be more newsworthy?Most folks...
Mani pedi maybe maybe
A friend’s son pronounces “spa” as “spay.” This might say more about him than it does me, but that’s for you to decide. At...
Ancestry: Is it important?
Tracing our ancestry is all the rage now with kits available for about $100 in which we spit or swab our cheeks to learn...
