February 2020

  Most of the time, I try to keep it light here, even when the world around us can feel anything but that way. I don’t want you to think that I’m turning a blind eye, it is simply that I’m not sure being divisive in my words will help anything. In fact, this morning, […]

We had those big, thick Sears-Roebuck and J.C. Penny catalogs. Glossy pages, in color, beautiful, marvelous catalogs. And for several weeks during the late, late, fall, we would cart those catalogs around like little old Sunday school teachers, guarding their bibles. The best was on Saturday mornings, when we were allowed to have waffles, or

It happened in East Liverpool, Ohio. If you don’t know East Liverpool, it is in Columbiana County, in the northeast corner of the state. A very small county, population wise, with only 11,000 people there today. There is a Ceramics Museum on Fifth Street, and the “World’s Largest Teapot.” But not much else, really. At

Three things stand out about February 2, as I look back on some history pages. This struck me in an oddly profound way. I’ll tell you why. In a little minute. Feb. 2, 1925. Sears-Roebuck opened its first store. They did this in the Merchandise building which was part of it’s headquarters, located in Chicago.

I can pick my poison any day, of the headlines that I might write about. • The impeached president will remain in office and most likely be re-elected after the pre-decided Congressional trial. • Coronavirus spreads rapidly and the U.S. declares a public health emergency. • Britain has officially left the EU. • U.S. National