Celebrations of love abound
The daughter of St. Valentine’s jailer, Asterius, was blind. According to legend, St. Valentine restored the young woman’s sight. She immediately fell in love...
Humming ‘French fried eyeballs‘
It is almost spring. Well, maybe not the warm weather part of it, but full spring training workouts for Cincinnati Reds pitchers and catchers...
Time: Like a petal in the wind
One evening Brenda and I were in Cleveland sitting in a lounge when three Irishmen stood up and began to give advice in song...
Steve Jones makes one last tackle
He was raised by his grandmother in a trailer in Hoagland, his friends say, and if you didn’t know him well, you might have...
Dad released from two jails
Years ago, the city of Wilmington operated an old jail.The previous Wilmington City Building, now torn down, housed a jail in the back of...
Some lessons not in a classroom
When the gymnasium lights went out and a single spotlight beam flashed across the floor, I figured things were about to get good. But...
Darkest hour and finest hour
It was a dark time.In early 1940, Hitler had invaded France and Belgium, who were now on the cusp of surrendering. Simultaneously, every periscope...
Government too hungry to shut down; reflections on Fox in Hillsboro
The so-called “government shutdown” ended Monday afternoon after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer recognized that the Democrats were paying the price, and would later...
A friend on a snowy night
Sometimes when I get off of work on a Friday evening I like to hop in my car, tune the radio to a ball...
Mister Rogers and snow Spring St.
There is peacefulness about snow. The snow came last week as it always does, and shares what it wants to share with us regardless...
