2022

We humans, physically grow, grow, grow, all the way through our youth. As children, we marked our heights on the doorway in our bedrooms or kitchens. We got new shoes because we grew out of the last pair. We got taller and needed new pants. We grew and grew. Until we stopped. And when the […]

Laughing is good for the soul, they say. And, that good poet Robert Frost was always saying things. He noted, in fact: “If we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane.” Ah, he may have something there. Yet, I would say that most people like to laugh. And we seek out sources to find laughter.

Woof. Mowww. We love our dogs. And we love our cats. The thing of it is, those dogs and cats are all so different. Not in the dog vs. cat way. But in my little white eight-pound needy-boy Lou is different from your ninety-pound, don’t-piss-me off, Rottweiler. Same for cats. Each one is unique. It

Those three letters could stand for anything. And maybe they do. Doing Nothing Always Drive New Autos Dinner Napkins Absorb Will the real DNA please stand up? Yes. DNA. We know it best as deoxyribonucleic acid. It is our inner ID card. The thing that defines how we are and what we are. In most

Some personalities stand the test of time. Famous. We all know who Cleopatra is. And Napoleon. Darwin. Aristotle. But animals don’t usually make those lasting impressions. There are a few famous movie dogs. And as far as horses go, we remember a few of the good racers, like Secretariat. If we are old enough, we

As I’ve mentioned at least 10,000 times before, I was born and raised in Dayton, Ohio. Better known as the home of the Wright Brothers, the cash register, the hydraulic jump to prevent flooding, code-breaking machines that helped end World War II, and the eighth wonder of the world, the pop-top. Yes, Dayton, dear Dayton,

In Ohio, we have at least five Republicans running for Senate right now. And with that, we’ve been bombarded with their commercials, which not only attack the other candidates, they attack half the American population as well. They call Democrats “evil” and “socialists.” They say that liberals love drugs and are destroying America with the

I was affected by the movies I watched as a kid. I can remember seeing some old mummy movie, that was chock full of archeologists. From that point on, I started to dig around in the backyard with a hand trowel. I never found anything except for rocks. Which was fine by me. But. That