It’s moving memories that is hard
“Oh my gosh. I don’t want to open that box.”Moving furniture and books and clothing is easy. It’s moving memories that is hard.I am...
The choice is yours; choose wisely
As we were chatting in our offices at The Times-Gazette the day after I received my second COVID-19 vaccine, one of my co-workers suggested...
Fear hurts vaccine efforts
Efforts to increase the number of vaccinations across the country were dealt a blow Tuesday with the announcement the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was...
Fountain pair nabbed
A man and woman have been arrested in connection with a September 2020 incident that caused the new fountain on the Highland County Courthouse...
Police still the good guys
Being a police officer is one of the most stressful and hazardous occupations in our nation. Aside from active duty military, I can think...
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...