With the clocks already set ahead an hour, spring cannot be far behind. I know Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, but ... On March 14 we celebrated the Spring Equinox – the time when the daylight hours and nighttime hours are supposed to be equal. The first thing we noticed was there ...

Wrapped in morning sunshine, I am sitting at the computer, and just noticed my dirty fingernails. Eww. I guess I didn’t do a thorough job of nail clean-up along with kitchen clean-up last night. That routine scrub usually takes care of grubby garden hands, but yesterday I was so excited to ...

A fairly well-known aphorism is “Speak now or forever hold your peace,” the origins of which are unknown to me. In a rather long life, there have been a good many times when I have spoken up — sometimes to my own detriment. However, there does remain an event a good many years ago ...

I know I’ve missed it by a day, but if there is any holiday worthy of a one day hangover, it’s St. Patrick’s Day. With a bit of the luck of the Irish, you may have some leftover corned beef as we do, or maybe a few scraps of Irish soda bread. I’ve never managed to enjoy Guinness, but ...

I am not an expert in clothing, but how hard is it to wear a glove properly? I was a baseball player in my younger days. And, I’ve been a baseball player again for the past two years. Apparently, I’ve been doing it wrong the whole time. Since I joined the Jamestown and Area Old ...

Rick Perry, formerly Texas governor and head of the federal Energy Department, blames recent Texas power outages on increased use of wind and solar power there: “If wind and solar is where we’re headed, the last 48 hours ought to give everybody a real pause. ... We need to have a baseload. ...