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Well, it seemed like a good idea...
The Other Half and yours truly went on our latest Pandemic Date last Sunday afternoon. The adventure was kind of a mix of work and pleasure.
Well, I say “work” only if one considers taking photographs to fall into that category. Seems like what I do really isn’t...
Abraham Lincoln just might have liked Girl Scout Cookies. He apparently enjoyed nibbling on gingerbread men, so Girl Scout Cookies might not be all that farfetched. Bear with me, folks...we’ll get Mr. Lincoln, Girl Scout Cookies and gingerbread men connected. Promise.
As you may recall, your writer...
Wow. Seemed like we hadn’t seen this place in about a year.
And that would be absolutely true. We had not seen this place in a year. We’re talking about Carbondale. The home of the university where the two of us met. The home of the hospital where both of our kids were born. The home of many...
One day last week, I looked out the window and thought about heading out to the shed in our backyard and getting out the lawn mower. Just because.
Of course, there were more than a few challenges to that silly notion. For one thing, I’m not sure I could even get to the shed safely. And, if I could...
At the time this column was being crafted late last Saturday morning, the temperature on the front porch of our humble abode was a nippy 14 degrees.
That, I suppose, would be very nice, if we happened to be at the North Pole. Or the South Pole. Or, maybe, on the planet Mars. And that thought got...
Once again this week...a little bit of this...and a little bit of that...
I am so glad (he wrote sarcastically) that Tom Brady won another Super Bowl. By the way, in keeping with tradition, I have once again used the words “Super Bowl” without the express written consent of the National Football...
As you may recall, this writer likes to read. Books. Periodicals. If I still ate cereal for breakfast, I would find joy in reading the side of the box.
Last weekend, one of the things I happened to read was an article which appeared in a periodical that showed up in the mail. It arrived late last...
This week, let’s start with a grammar question: If the plural of deer is deer, is the plural of killdeer killdeer?
Common sense, which seems to be a rare commodity these days, might suggest that more than one killdeer would be killdeer.
That is said based on the notion that more than one white-...
A few weeks ago, way back in the final days of 2020, I shared a photograph of a turtle in this space. At the time, I figured the image would be that last one of a turtle that you folks would get to see for 2020.
The photograph was taken at the pond at the Lincoln Memorial Picnic Grounds in...
OK folks...is anybody, as in anybody, out there disappointed to see the squirrely year 2020 coming to an end?
I’m guessing that if you are one of those folks, you just might see the glass as more than half full...and overflowing...
Meanwhile...
...so many things to ponder...and so little space...
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