When serious and even heartbreaking things are happening all around me, my little family stories sometimes feel like a cop out. It’s like sneaking into a tearjerker with some slapstick comedy; it has to be timely and appropriate if it’s going to work.
An autopsy of Donald Trump’s presidency can proceed from an early example of his memorable utterances. On his 13th day in office, Feb. 1, 2017, the first day of Black History Month, he said: “…
EVERY FOUR years, inauguration day gives residents of the United States a new beginning.
Nothing like a little ice to remind me that I am no longer the photographer I once was.
VACCINATION CLINICS will begin in Northeast Missouri next week, signaling what everyone hopes will be a big step toward recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
When I was about six or seven years old, my mom came into my bedroom with a sweet little pink box that had my name etched in gold on it. Whenever you opened it, a tiny ballerina would pop up a…
As I have shared in this space previously, I never know what is going to show up from one day to the next in my cyber mailbox.
To The Courier-Post,
I sat the kids down and placed a piece of paper in front of them.
To The Courier-Post
From the San Antonio Press-News
To The Courier-Post:
Scattered showers.
This is my fourth New Year’s Eve column and most of them have either made the “New Year/New Me” declaration or came to the conclusion that I’m fine just the way I am and I’m not changing a thing.
MANY LOCAL residents have a soft spot for the unique music and accompanying history that have been generated for generations in Nashville, Tenn. It’s the home of the Grand Ole Opry and many en…
From The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
IT WASN’T surprising that some people initially went into denial about COVID-19 when it first came on the scene in the United States early this year.
The COVID-19 virus is to blame for any number of things this year. Realistically, however, I cannot blame it for the steep decline in the number of photographs that I have taken in 2020.
I don’t know how this article finds you on the day after Christmas.
From The Wall Street Journal
From the New York Sun
AROUND HERE people still wish each other a merry Christmas.
From the L.A. Times
When it comes to the observance of annual traditions one would be hard pressed to come up with a special day or holiday with more than Christmas.
I have a new favorite TV show.
From The Kansas City Star
From the Quad City Times
From the Jefferson City News-Tribune
From the Racine, Wis., Journal Times
From the Houston Chronicle
From The Washington Post
Who are you?”
It has been over a month since my father-in-law, Don, passed away. However, the mourning period continues, as it likely will for quite some time for my wife, Nancy, who loved her father very much.
All things considered I would like to think I am pretty tolerant of the wildlife which, like me, resides here in the “hood.”
From the Chicago Tribune
What comes next? That is the question our state has to ask since voters approved a constitutional amendment to expand Medicaid under Obamacare in our state.
To The Courier-Post:
From the Wall Street Journal
A few weeks ago I made a life choice. It was a pretty big decision for me, and one that I thought about many times before actually doing it.
HEADLINES FROM the past few days might make things look like we’ve all turned the corner on the worst of 2020’s disruptions.
From the Watertown N.Y. Daily Times
From The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Looking out the kitchen windows located on the south side of the Henley hacienda, a couple of hundred yards or so beyond Chestnut Street, is a tree-covered hillside.
From The Baltimore Sun
The Christmas season is now official.
THANKSGIVING DAY, even in the best of times, is notable for two things that usually have little, if anything, in common.
From The Kansas City Star
To The Courier-Post:
From the McCook (Neb.) Daily Gazette
It is not uncommon to see a vehicle parked on the side of the road, the victim of some sort of mechanical failure. However, considering all the traffic which passes through Riverview Park, I a…
Fingers pointing at each other, they stood in front of a sink full of dishes fighting the same fight that breaks out every single time I ask for help around the house.