A prayer for the school year
Had I been able to foretell my future back in the late 1950s and early ‘60s, there’s much that I would have had a...
Fashionable gripes about homecoming
I would like to apologize to the girls who accompanied me to homecoming dances in high school.More accurately, I’d like to apologize to those...
New technology is a bear
They call the impossibly complicated screen I am looking at a “dashboard,” which I do not find reassuring at all. It would be nice...
Age references mean more nowadays
Surely there’s much as we age that reminds us of the rapidity of the years that have passed. For those who enjoy music, you’ve...
WCTU was formed in Hillsboro
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was very active in Clinton and Highland counties. The WCTU was originally organized Dec. 23, 1873, in Hillsboro,...
Seeing Elvis live not meant to be
“Are you lonesome tonight? Do you miss me tonight? Are you sorry we drifted apart?“Do the chairs in your parlor, Seem empty and bare?...
Seriously supervising social media
I was lying awake one night trying to figure out what ingredients have been added to the American cultural stew that have resulted in...
It’s nice having Lulu around
My husband, Peter, and I are back in our little place in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.Of course, it is not really “our” place....
Adventures at the Roselawn
As the cartoons faded and the sounds of the main feature started crackling through the speaker attached to the driver’s side window, we’d stretch...
Grateful he was in my life
To some, I might still be considered a youngin’. To others, I am old as dirt. I’m not sure where I fit, but I...
