Time for a new monument
Angels of the battlefield. Many of us are familiar with the wartime heroics of the likes of Clara Barton, Mary Seacole, Florence Nightingale and...
Standing tall for generations
The tree was lying on its side when I got to it.It was a nice-looking pine tree, fluffy and full and as tall as...
The enigma is the thrill seeker
I can remember it as clearly as if it were last summer rather than a summer more than a half century ago. I was...
The ups and downs of trampolines
My father-in-law really likes to surprise our children with big gifts.Or perhaps he just delights in putting me through the misery of building those...
Huddled masses yearning to breathe
First of all, is it a crisis? The New Yorker Magazine, on April 5, put it this way: “The word ‘crisis’ is both an...
Nocturnal negitiations continue
It’s amazing that anyone shares a bed.I know there are plenty of married and cohabiting couples who have separate beds, or even separate bedrooms,...
You could listen on the radio
On a blustery day much like Thursday’s opening day at Great American Ball Park, I experienced my one and only opening day in Cincinnati.It...
No Fly, No Buy a bad idea
Once again a terrible tragedy has occurred in our nation, and once again politicians are clamoring to make new laws restricting gun ownership in...
I will still miss my friend
People come in and out of our lives. Some stay a while, others only for a moment. Some have little or no impact at...
Downstream effects of the pandemic
It’s customary to yell the warning, “Timber!” as a tree begins to fall. Today it seems appropriate to yell “Timber!” to anyone walking into...
