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Burt Rarely Went Out.

Burt Rarely Went Out.


He and I worked opposite shifts at a radio station. He was the morning man, I worked nights. It was a busy pla...

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If It Were Not For Hate

If It Were Not For Hate


If it were not for hate, life might have been rewarding and fulfilling for many who are not with us today. I...

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Not Finding Much Good News in This Bummer of a Year

Not Finding Much Good News in This Bummer of a Year


We are now into September of what has so far been a bummer of a year. My colleague, David Carroll, a Chat...

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Is There Any Place For  Love in Today’s World?

Is There Any Place For Love in Today’s World?


Remember the Tina Turner hit, “What’s Love Got To Do With It?” In the lyrics, love is referred to as a ...

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Remembering Numbers

Remembering Numbers


Numbers loved me. I had an easy time recalling numbers. Once I called a telephone number, I remembered it....

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The Vote

The Vote


Had I been born in the late 1800s or early 1900s, I would have been a bonafide rabble-rouser — a protest...

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The Old Radio Shows

The Old Radio Shows


The living daylights. Tuning across the dial on a road trip, I landed on a 1940's radio show many nev...

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Murphy Gooddog and Friends  Have a Lot They Can Teach Us

Murphy Gooddog and Friends Have a Lot They Can Teach Us


You longtime loyalists (and you know who you are) will remember the exploits of Sheila the Family Wonderd...

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editorials

editorials


Call me crazy, but I love those little single-serving Banquet chicken pot pies — the ones you buy in th...

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The Magic of Ethylene

The Magic of Ethylene


My poor plants. The tomato plants have become leggy and haven't given me a ripe tomato in days. They...

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Long-Shot Candidate Trying to  Hack Through Political Jungle

Long-Shot Candidate Trying to Hack Through Political Jungle


It’s a jungle out there and Kandiss Taylor is trying to hack her way through it. We are talking about G...

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Latest Gadget: The Air Fryer

Latest Gadget: The Air Fryer


Twenty bucks? The Kansas Woman asked me what was up with the gas bill. It was down that much over the prev...

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Hating the Loss of “Clean Old-Fashioned Hate”

Hating the Loss of “Clean Old-Fashioned Hate”


The apocalypse is truly upon us. Somebody has made the decision — I don’t know who, I know it wasn’...