Cutting the paid TV cord
First, let me apologize for not producing a column last week. My current website hosting provider was not performing to my expectations. My site...
Redefining the Middle East
For many Americans, the Middle East is simply the “Arab World.” We tend to think of the Middle East as a hot desert landscape...
Good enough covers it all
I’ve decided that I’m good enough.I had a big birthday, and it got me to thinking, as big birthdays will, about what would change...
Never too young or too old
It started easily enough. Clayton and Claire were visiting on Sunday evening. I simply asked Clayton, “Hey, do you want to have an adventure?”...
Star of the show (in dad’s mind)
My 13-year-old daughter was the star of the show this weekend in a children’s theater production.Her name wasn’t exactly at the top of the...
Always lurking in cerebral recesses
To an inveterate golfer like my friend of over 60 years, Mike Schepp, and my sis, Joanie, there is one word never to be...
How deep is space?
Several years ago I wrote a novel about a boy from Hillsboro, Ohio, unconscious from an accident, in a coma for weeks, then somehow...
People more important than things
The package arrived last week and, I have to admit I was surprised.I knew what was in it, of course. It was a painting...
Kids say the darndest things at first base
Whenever a baseball or softball player gets to first base, the first-base coach slides over toward the player and offers some information and guidance....
Autographs divided by 60 years
Back in March, as I do each year, I flew to Fort Myers to spend a few days with my sister Joanie and brother-in-law,...
