
Make the most of Memorial Day weekend
Reading Time: 3 minutes July 4th is a time to celebrate. Memorial Day is a time to remember. Five simple rules will make it meaningful and memorable. Continue reading Make the most of Memorial Day weekend
Drawing inspiration from 25 years of “Living Here” columns in the Republican-American.
Reading Time: 3 minutes July 4th is a time to celebrate. Memorial Day is a time to remember. Five simple rules will make it meaningful and memorable. Continue reading Make the most of Memorial Day weekend
Reading Time: 2 minutes Many of my year-end journal entries and most of my year-end columns for the newspaper started with a “good riddance” lede. This was the first. Continue reading Year in Review, 1978
Reading Time: 2 minutes There is no right way or wrong way to vote. Voters must make their best possible choices based on what they know at a single point in time. Continue reading Election Day (or days)
Reading Time: 2 minutes Research for my book and on the history of Bubble Wrap continues. Could inventor Marc Chavannes have had something the Nazis wanted? Continue reading Week in Review: Week 44
Reading Time: 2 minutes As a symbol of joy, hope, and beauty, the sunflower will have a home in my garden for years to come. Continue reading Sunflowers of the world, unite!
Reading Time: 3 minutes Writers like to work alone. Authors have to sell books. About 35 were exhibiting and selling, and perhaps more traveling incognito. Continue reading One writer, many authors: Authors Day 2022 at Woodbury Library
Reading Time: 3 minutes A rebranding, a new logo, two major milestones (one good, one bad), and a chance to get out from behind the desk. In all, making progress! Continue reading Week in Review: Week 38
Reading Time: 2 minutes The nights are longer than the days now until December 21. But are they equal on the equinox? That depends on how you look at it. Continue reading The paradox of the equinox
Reading Time: 3 minutes In my book, every day should be Voter Registration Day. Every day, that is, except Election Day itself. Continue reading National voter registration day
Reading Time: 2 minutes Life gets in the way of writing, but it provides fodder for when we finally can set aside time for it. Continue reading Week in Review: Week 36