Tag: Columnist
Window on the World Column | In the Bleak Midwinter
About this time of year — February blending into March — I can get really sick and tired of winter. Folks back home might...
Funny Papers Again Column | Motorcycle Mayhem: Part Two
I don’t know how the whole thing began, but it happened on Thanksgiving Day of 1969. My friend Dennis was a motorcycle rider, and...
Worthy to Print Column | The Gift of Poetry
Last evening I walked out to my mailbox to check and see if I had any mail. I didn’t, but something better was given...
Funny Papers Again Column | Part One: A Story of Motorcycle...
Here is a little story about one little incident back in my days of riding motorized two-wheeled transports, also known as motorcycles. Like many...
Worthy to Print Column | And Then There Was One
So I’m sitting in my favorite chair lacing up my tennis shoes when the phone rings. I’m only a little concerned because Lorraine pays...
Window on the World Column | Habitual Early Mornings
I was under the, apparent, misunderstanding that it takes three weeks to form a habit. (Some bad habits maybe sooner, but a life-changing habit,...
Funny Papers Again Column | A Digest of Abridged Subjects
The following were subjects for full columns, columns I now know will, to use an archaic adage, never see the light of day. The...
Worthy to Print Column | Owning a Dog
I don’t know if other writers run into the same problems that I do. I have to find a thousand words to contribute to...
Window on the World Column | The Olden Days of Newsies...
When I began my newsie career in 1991, the newspaper had a circulation of about 25,000 on Saturdays and slightly less during the week....
Funny Papers Again Column | Face It, It’s a Lousy Book
Time passes, locales change, friends come and go. We all experience changes, we graduate high school, some go on to college before joining “the...
