Cleaning up this hoarder’s mess
Some people hide their past in the closet.Others keep it in the attic.Apparently, we keep ours in the basement.Recently, my family spent a few...
Handshakes and haircuts
To say our world as we know it has been rocked would be an understatement. Don’t you miss hearing conversations about how the Reds...
How long can it last?
It seems all our routines have changed in the last month due to this unseen, unknown pandemic called Covid-19. For most, this nationally declared...
We all should do the best we can
“I love seeing all the people in the park,” my sister told me on the phone the other night. “I can tell who is...
Glimmerings of light in tough times
Call it a cliche, a metaphor, or a simple image of optimism, but silver linings shine even in the cloudiest of times. So where...
Thoughts during The Great Quarantine
During this, what historians may very well one day call The Great Quarantine, I’ve had plenty of time to think, as many of you...
A strange form of entertainment
Our evenings are full of social isolation, teens and tweens anxious to get out of the house and weird presentations about unfamiliar topics.Could life...
Thicken your skin, run for office
Editor’s note — This column from Pat Haley originally ran 10 years ago in the Wilmington News Journal. This column is for my friends...
Daisy crosses the street
My desk faces the window and that is where I spend most of my time.I spend about as much time at my desk as...
Hoping for a more happy April 1
For the first time I can remember, an April Fools’ Day passed this week without anyone trying to fool me, or even hearing about...
