October 9, 2020

I’m proud of all my nieces and nephews when it comes to their accomplishments and where their young lives are headed, but I have to say that I’m positively beaming after ...

October 9, 2020

It seemed like a good idea at the time. To save ourselves from the work of preparing a full turkey dinner we decided to change the menu at Thanksgiving last year. In the ...

October 1, 2020

I was late to the party of fans that enjoyed the NBC sitcom “Parks and Recreation” when it aired from 2009-2015. I started watching the political satire just this past ...

October 1, 2020

I have a written agreement with my favorite author to adapt one of his stories into a movie. I bet you don’t read that every day from someone who lives in this area. It...

September 27, 2020

Before I get rolling on this week’s column, I just wanted to extend my thanks to everyone who hit the ‘Like’ button and allowed two of my photos to take first and second ...

September 27, 2020

Time 2 talk later?? B by 10!! Can talk after!! What next??? Thot she on board!!! That was a text I received from a former colleague notorious for her speed texting. Some ...

September 19, 2020

In my line of work as a weekly news journalist, there’s a hefty amount of repetition that comes with the job. Hey, it comes with the territory when your ‘beat’ is rural ...

September 18, 2020

I’ve been thinking a lot about my dad lately. I think much of it has to do with how the schedule for sports has played out. Like the Indy 500 running uncharacteristically ...

September 11, 2020

I’m typing this on Sunday afternoon during the Labor Day long weekend and things are pretty low-key. There were supposed to be fireworks in Outlook last night, but they ...