Salting season soon succumbs. We hope.
When February passes next week, so too nearly all days when the sidewalk needs salted. That’s a...
A hat, the weather, the Cubs, Facebook, and garage sales
A reporter empties out his notebook — and his head, while he’s at it.
Ever had a really bad day? Try this one …
Had a bad day recently? Me too.
A complicated set of circumstances made for...
48 hours exploring the capital of Spain
As we walked toward the Spanish opera house in Madrid, we saw a big police presence and...
Meeting Mark Souder
Mark Souder’s passing earlier this week hit me harder that I would have expected.
Post-election, 2022: Not a happy camper
It is the usual practice in this space on the Saturday after the first Tuesday of the...
Learning from the best: Dickens digressed
My mother would know, but she’s no longer around to ask.
I’ve been doing this particular part of the...
Some parenting decisions are easy
Every decision you make as a parent isn’t life or death. And the outcome of every decision may not have longterm effects...
Nostalgic and modern puzzles to solve
We all have different ways of reacting to how the world is changing, which makes nostalgia a pretty popular diversion.
It’s a small, small world. After all.
Last Friday I spent the day at a funeral for my aunt, Dozzy Coburn, who was the former first lady of Butler,...