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Wrong signs? Dear Editor, The sign “The Trump Trial is a sham” is the sham. The sign confronts visitors and locals entering from Warren’s east side. It is potentially a harmful message to those too busy with life to follow the trial. The sham message is simply another example of mere talk, not supported with facts. Whereas, Trump’s Trial has Trump people, all Republicans, testifying under oath describing how “hush money” was paid women for their sex with Trump stories; the stories were not printed (catch and kill). This is supported with testimony/documents, hardly ...

We must respect our elders

Recently I read a piece about a daughter whose mother was in the throes of dementia. She felt frustrated with her mother often. She was asking for so much help. The girl loved her mother, but felt ill prepared to care for her as she was. Her mother was 93 years old. One day she complained about the elevator in her building not working. The daughter questioned the manager only to find out that it was not broken. The truth was her mother forgot how to run it. She realized how challenging things were getting for her mother. While she worked, she was also responsible for visiting ...

Rounding Third: Late adventures: the devil makes me do it

Skydiving is the latest big adventure for 80-year-olds. Well, not for all of them, but I’ve heard more than a few rumbles about this wonderful growing insanity. Yesterday, I received an email from Barbara, an old friend who is not letting the stacked-up years affect her days. A couple of years ago, she moved from this area to a lovely senior complex downstate. Her recent mission trip to Kenya made me realize she is not letting any grass grow under her feet. And now she has another life-affirming plan: “Weather permitting, I’m going to make my first attempt at skydiving in June. ...

Big fish, ‘challenges’ on Tionesta Creek

Allow me to submit a light hearted narrative based on two old friends fishing in Warren County. I thought readers would enjoy this. Part 1 (Excited Fisherman arrive at stream-side) Johnny Fishburn: Hey Scales we can park over here and be out of the way. Scales: OK I’ll see if I can back in next to you without loosing a wheel off the edge over there. Johnny: I don’t think the township guys will say anything with us parked way down here out of their way. Let’s get our gear on, can’t be far over to the creek. ... Boy these waders are a hassle to get on standing up. ...

View from Hickory Heights: Children part of my past

The other day as I was talking to the mothers of former students, I realized how much a part of my life children were. I always loved children. I am talking about children that I interacted with on many levels. As I was growing up, I did a lot of babysitting. My first job was for my one of my mother’s bosses. When I first started there, they only had one daughter, but there was soon to be another. Linda was a challenge. She had a very strong personality, but she and I got along well. She would do things for me that she would not even do for her mother. To give her mom a breath of ...

Pocket the cellphone — if you dare

When those Roman guys switched from togas to pants, they got pockets. It’s been that way ever since. The men got the simplest of all the clothes, the three-brush-stroke hairstyles, and all the easiest household chores. AND they got pockets? No fair. ‘ Then Levi Strauss designed five pockets for men’s hardworking jeans. We women, who were finally allowed to wear pants around 1970, still didn’t get pockets. OK. If all we women wear Levis all the time, we do have pockets. I have one pair of jeans with two pockets – not Levis. I know it’s probably just me, but I’m not ...