I guess the meteorologists in the Ohio Valley know what they are talking about. It seems that although the Farmers鈥� Almanac states the autumn season officially begins on Sept. 22, meteorologists鈥� fall season began Sept. 1. Judging by the current weather today, maybe they know more than ...
The summer season is winding down despite what the thermometer says. Schools have started up again much sooner than when I was a kid. Going back to classes was always the day after Labor Day for my generation. And yes, it was still pretty hot those first few weeks of school, but then fall crept ...
The past month has been busy for a number of reasons. First we had been dealing with the extreme heat. Just trying to keep the flowers and vegetable garden from wilting away has been a challenge. Forget cutting the grass. Only after a few recent drops of rain has the lawn made a slight effort ...
An ordinary Tuesday evening suddenly turned chaotic. At first I thought it was getting awfully dark earlier than normal. However, the next sounds I heard directed me to head outside and see what was happening. I stood on the front porch as I heard and saw the wind picking up along the tree ...
There is a song that reminds us that 鈥淚t鈥檚 summertime, and the living is easy.鈥� Well, I guess that鈥檚 true for some folks. I don鈥檛 imagine there is anything easy about summertime for the hundreds of men and women competing at the Olympics in Paris. We have tuned into some of the ...
For 10 cents, I could call home from a public pay phone or phone booth. Then the price rose to 25 cents. Absurd, I thought as a grade schooler and later as a teen. I鈥檓 not sure if pay phones even exist anymore, let alone those glass enclosed phone booths with the folding door. When I was in ...