Opinions
Bob and I were sitting on the porch swing last Sunday evening in the 94 percent humidity. The air we were attempting to breath was as thick as the proverbial pea soup. You really could see the air.
At the time, I was trying to figure out something at least vaguely interesting to write about for...
This week, we’re going to be kind of short and sweet... we’ll start with a math problem...
74 plus 84 equals...an unpleasant evening sitting on the porch swing.
At the time...about 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 6, the humidity was 74 percent, according to the fancy, high-tech thermometer on our front...
For no particular reason, let’s start this week with a couple of “interesting” headlines I happened to see scrolling through the BBC News app on Monday...
“Root hits 50 as England pass 200-3, chasing 378...”
“North Korea claims Covid arrived on ‘alien things...”
I wonder if the two news stories...
Wandering around in the dark, an encounter with an unexpected critter and a well-fed varmint highlighted your writer’s otherwise dull and relatively uneventful Journey Through Life during the past week...
Before we get to the “good stuff,” just a couple of thoughts about our late, great primary...
On the first day of summer...weather prognosticators gave to me...temperatures that didn’t look like they were going to be as hot as had been expected...and didn’t look like they were going to be as hot as they were last week.
Before we chat about the weather...did you happen to see that a shrink-...
Goodness, gracious, it sure has been H-O-T in our little corner of the world...
Monday night, I waited until the sun had gone down and things were a little bit “cooler.” I wanted to see the strawberry supermoon, too. As hot as it was, I figured the strawberry supermoon would have been accompanied...
Surprise...
Under “normal” circumstances, you would have found this column on the back page of the paper. However, due to other obligations, the “normal” back page is not the back page this week... back to “normal” next week, I think...
Sometimes, a person just has to wander off to the woods......
Dinosaurs...and rainbows...all in one day...
Wednesday morning, on the 25th day of the fifth month of 2022, yours truly paid a visit to Stinson Memorial Library in Anna.
Back in the Before Times, my weekly routine included a visit to Stinson Memorial Library on Wednesdays. Then the plague arrived...
Some special advice shared with me recently came to mind after I stood out in the dark last Sunday night and watched a total eclipse of the moon.
I hope you had an opportunity to watch the eclipse. Especially the part of the eclipse when the color of the moon changed to a reddish-orange. It did....
Can a groundhog be self-confidently smug? I’m pretty sure the roundish rodent we saw one day during the past week was pretty smug.
The Other Half happened to see the critter while looking out the back door. The groundhog appeared to be taking a break on the deck in front of the shed in our backyard...
Pages
The Gazette-Democrat
112 Lafayette St.
Anna, Illinois 62906
Office Number: (618) 833-2158
Email: news@annanews.com
Sign Up For Breaking News
Stay informed on our latest news!