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A Friday night road trip long ago
I was standing in The Times-Gazette’s back parking lot last Friday, looking down over Richards Memorial Field a few blocks away, where Hillsboro...
Savoring all ‘beyond belief’
“We live in a world where the real and the unreal live side by side, where substance is disguised as illusion, and the only explanations are une...
I’ve said it before, it’s OK to cry
I’m 41, very likely at least middle-aged, and I have the gray hairs mixed in with the more youthful colors on my head, as well as the footprints...
Trump and the trouble with labels
Donald Trump’s sustained momentum in the Republican primary race for president brings with it criticism from some conservatives – the ones...
August 31st, 2015 updated: August 31st, 2015. |
Rice-cereal and a ‘sensitive awareness’
Here’s the good news: We live in a world of differences.Everywhere we go and every person we meet has their own unique histories and passions. P...
I’m rethinking people labels
As I drove along the rain-soaked pavement of Petersburg Pike on my way to work a few weeks ago I was listening to a CD created by someone I am acquain...
August 25th, 2015 updated: August 25th, 2015. |
The case of the ringing cell phone
When Rocky Coss admitted that he had personally, if inadvertently, violated his strict rule against cell phones going off while his Highland County Co...
Humor in the unexpected
“Expect the unexpected” is an adage so jarringly accurate, it might as well be the cardinal rule for being alive.Because, whether we like ...
Wicked cool in every sense, almost
No matter how much a person likes what they do for a living, it’s not easy to return to the grind after a good break.Over nearly two weeks, I di...
This will only take an hour, promise
Most of you have heard of Robert’s Rules of Order, the universally accepted guidelines of parliamentary procedure for conducting meetings.Today ...
