Turtles can bring us together
I joined my community’s Facebook group during this spring’s (failed) school bond issue campaign. I got what I expected – passion, distorted facts, backstabbing,...
The bonds of friendship
John Patton and I have been friends for 60 years, a friendship fashioned through our mutual love of sports.We were teammates on the 1963...
A playlist for your rainy days
Here’s a drop of odd information for your day: I collect earworms.Don’t be grossed out. Earworm is a term for songs or snippets of...
The helplessness of man
Since the dawning of time it has been man who slayed the dragons, planted, cultivated and harvested the crop to provide for the family....
A tale of two young men
This column was supposed to be about David Wright, for the past year our assistant editor here at The Times-Gazette, and his announcement two...
When science and life don’t mesh
This article is going to betray my age, and it will probably betray yours, too. If you are in your sixties or older, the...
Spending a day at Old River
Last Saturday evening, my wife Brenda and I drove to Dayton to have dinner at one of our favorite restaurants, the Pine Club.Unfortunately, we...
So long, and thanks for reading
In this newspaper, on these pages, I’ve written about some of my most difficult moments in life.I’ve grown up in these very pages, from...
On the subject of moving…
There are few things in life that bring me the joy that I find in moving all my possessions from one location to another....
The swing chains tell a story
As I was walking to the post office the other day an acquaintance stopped me and asked if I was done writing articles for...
