Sadness and nostalgic reflection
Even though I did not know her other than to say hello in passing, there was a moment of sadness, followed by nostalgic reflection,...
The wistfulness of the yearbook
Of all the books I once used during my high school years, the textbooks and the paperbacks, there was one, especially during my senior...
Life is filled with Mondays
Have you ever come through a fantastic weekend and truly regretted the onset of the coming week? It may be a short vacation trip,...
Maturing with taxes, wealth disparity
My daughter proudly announced the other day that her 15-year old son, my grandson, had his first job at the pet supply store down...
A long line of gassy farmers
I get stomachaches. I get them with regularity and always have.“It’s just gas!” my mother says, and of course, she’s right.My mother tells me...
Maybe it was a Sasquatch
It was not the kind of ghost story any of us were expecting.We — my wife and I and four “grandkids” — were leisurely...
To wear or not to wear a mask
Don’t you think it is human nature that we do not care for being told what to do? We like to think we are...
The U.S. trade policy and Ohio
U.S. trade policy. How’s it been working for Ohio?Alan Guebert, who writes for the weekly Ohio-based rural newspaper Farm and Dairy, wrote the following...
Zoom chat with an old friend
Yesterday, I had a nice long Zoom chat with an old friend.I know this is nothing remarkable these days, but it was the first...
