Granddogs, veterans and community treasures

Three mid-July mini-lessons. ——— We have been granddog-sitting this week. “Hoosier”...

Does your hometown stink? Does it have the munchies?

According to the Washington Examiner, 2022 has handed New York City an alarming spike in citizen complaints...

Angelkeep’s photo snipe hunt

Being sent on a snipe hunt in the past served as a prank played on an unsuspecting...

A sidewalk story: hitting the ground writing

Holly Gaskill A few weeks ago, Doug Brown and Dave Shultz spent part of their morning singing the...

Pack your bags for a trip across the pond

“He who would travel happily must travel light.” Those words from French writer Antoine...

It’s the stuff that pings are made of that matters

You get these “pings” once in a while. During a conversation or while reading a news story...

Does your body hate you like mine hates me?

Trust me when I declare that I am not competing for sympathy against folks suffering from cancer,...

A most uncommon common butterfly

Someone called it common. Duh!  Hours of research proved it uncommon. Difficult to fully...

I promise: I will not wait too long. I will not wait too long.

As a species, I believe humans have a default mode of “I’ll do it later.” Whatever “it”...

To boldly go where this man has not gone before

This week’s Saturday entry is way outside my comfort zone — perhaps even a different universe. For...