Christmas celebrations vary around world
Christmas 2005! It is almost here and the young children of Christendom can hardly wait as these final days and hours tick down to the special night, Christmas …
Columnists – Touch of Life
“Lawn Chair Larry” amazes with high flying antics
Every year I await the announcement of the Darwin Award winners with baited-breath. It is the one time each year that I can say with assurance “there are …
Presidential race provides plenty of good speeches
During the past few weeks I have been a good citizen and attended a presidential rally for President Bush and his opponent John Kerry. For one of the …
Jimmy Lane — Surviving the Hungry Years…
Jimmy Lane, former Crosby resident, West Virginia native, former boxer and now a retired Texan living in Athens, Tex., wrote a book a couple of years ago. Surviving …
Church bloopers…
It is time for a few laughs. Sometime ago a longtime Union Carbide buddy of mine, also a Methodist Minister, sent me a group of “mistakes” in church …
Breakfast cereal, children’s books…
I was eating my breakfast a few days ago composed of juice, a banana, coffee and one of my favorite cereals; Cheerios. I finished and began digging through …
An Idyllic Morning!
It is early morning on a mid-May Monday and I am sitting on a cement bench next to our fishpond overlooking the river Coal. Yes, it is an …
Summer lawncare shows signs of aging
Today is Monday and it is a real workday. I just put in a couple hours (about all I can handle at one time) cutting weeds on my …
A little story about… ramps
The preparation date for this column is April 22 but I have no idea when it will be printed. I mention this as the subject is Spring in …