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View from Hickory Heights: Decisions for new year

As we begin 2024 there are always decisions to be made. How can we make our life different? What do we carry forward and what do we leave behind? Can I be a better person? How do I accomplish that? I came across something that I think deserves a mention here. It is a different way of looking at ...

People Watching is a spectator sport

People Watching is one of the greatest pleasures of traveling. If the traveling happens to be in the flying mode, People Watching is the only pleasure left. Today’s air travel can be grueling. For decades, I’ve been flying in and out of Buffalo, mostly to Boston. It’s just under a ...

Warm memories of crackling ice

As we now enter the depths of another winter, there is one sound of the cold season that I recalls from my youth that I am quite certain that I will never hear again There are many sounds of nature that are very distinctive … the howls of wolves, the crack of lightning, the calls of loons ...

View from Hickory Heights: Laughter is good medicine

We entertained the young folks with our reminiscing. Specifically, we were talking about technology. Technology in my children’s day was far different than it is today. It is no wonder that we get stuck with the modern devices. When my children were growing up, there were no cell phones. ...

Football loyalty is coat of many colors

He finished breakfast, then stood up to leave the restaurant with his friends. As he was pulling on his jacket near our table, I spotted his 49ers t-shirt. Sort of a camel color with red print and logos. I smiled up at him and said, “You are definitely the bravest man in this room.” ...

Fun in the snow

For a farm family fun comes whenever you have the time. Most of our fun was done at home. We had a few minutes and we made use of it. First, it was the children, then the grandchildren. We loved to make snowmen. We rolled the biggest ball around the yard, then set it where we were going to ...