Take a Stroll I had an occasion yesterday to walk across my governmental campus for perhaps a few hundred yards....

Helping Mom What with this holiday we are celebrating this week, my mind went back to those ‘growing up’ years...

Palm Sunday When I was growing up, this season meant a time of a new beginning. By this time winter...

What a Winter! Besides having to deal with all kinds of restrictions, due to the pandemic, a wild election year,...

It ain’t Always Fun! Since writing this column about growing up in Louisa I have focused on those early days...

Down Town In my mind, downtown during my growing up years was an area roughly starting on Madison Street at...

Penny Post Cards Last week I wrote about writing and sharing of various greeting cards that are useful on many...

Get Well, Soon! It had only been a few generations prior to my coming into this world that mankind employed...

Valentine I’m sure that everyone remembers those very early experiences dealing with winter’s Valentine’s Day. It was about little red...

Barn Finds! I’m thinking that everyone has memories of romantic situations that excited their dreams and aspirations. Frequently, these pictures...

Kid’s Land! Confections!!! When I was little it was my dream was to run through grand piles of candies, barefoot...

Comforts of Home We all know that in life things happen. Some are good, but a few are less so....

Disappearing Activities My darling Suzie has gone and done it again! In many ways this normally modern girl is a...

Can you dig it? I don’t know where or when it started with me, but I do know it is...

Coincidence We, like many families have limited our visits with others during this great pandemic in hopes we might skip...

Old vs New Year In past years I have written about wild celebrations as we look forward to a New...

When I was growing up I developed a habit of finding time to visit alone with elderly neighbors. One of...

Christmas Gifts This is the season that many of the merchants of our little town in the eastern foothills of...

White Christmas? As I write this article I can hear winter’s wind blowing outside making noises much the same as...

A Kaleidoscope  When I was a toddler, it seemed to be just another day, except that the older children and...