We will survive this embarrassment
In the United States, the sitting President becomes the de facto leader of their party. As such, when Donald Trump was sworn into office...
The finest meal left uneaten
One of the finest meals we ever enjoyed was a meal we didn’t finish. We just walked away from it.Throughout the 1980s and ‘90s,...
Thanks, Dad. Happy New Year
A few weeks ago, I wrote about one of the best Christmas presents I ever received. It was a brand new, red Huffy Galaxy...
Cold but safe at Christmastime
It was a stupid thing to do. We should never have left Wilmington that night.It was Christmas Eve, 1983. On that Christmas Eve —...
My Pee-wee Herman bike adventure
Probably everybody remembers their first new bicycle.I had been pestering my parents for a new bike for months. Christmas was just around the corner....
Goin’ fishin’ for crappie — and piranha?
Now that I’m neck deep in my retirement, I find that I have much more time on my hands than I can easily fill....
New book shows what’s happening in Ohio with drugs, homelessness
Energize Clinton County co-founder Mark Rembert’s name is found several times in the endnotes of the new book “This is Ohio: The Overdose Crisis...
‘Hunting season’ in full force
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are now in the rearview mirror. The Christmas shopping season is in full bloom.However, although some people will say...
The ‘Old Sow’ and Thanksgiving
If you check out an old Rand-McNally Road Atlas, you will see many, many things that I find intriguing.There are points of interest that...
Don’t let life pass you by
Our lives are shaped by millions of events that combine to make up each day and each year of life – from childhood to...
