In the peak years of my scouring yard sales and junk shops for second-hand, dollar-bin vinyl record albums, I didn’t…
“It takes a special breed to be a truck drivin’ man/ And a steady hand to pull the load behind.”…
Help! There’s suddenly a teenager in the Tyree house!
My mother’s favorite supermarket is undergoing a mysterious “repeal and replace” operation with its senior discount program. Of course nerves…
“The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” — William Shakespeare.
I wish I could tell you that my old alma mater (Marshall County High School in Lewisburg, Tennessee) still publishes…
Since Presidents’ Day is fast approaching, it is appropriate that three of the books I’m currently juggling on my Kindle…
While brainstorming angles for this Valentine’s Day column, it suddenly occurred to me that this February 14 will be the…
The circus and I go way back.
It seems there’s a shortage of the old Hollywood Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland “Hey, kids – let’s put on…
On January 1, France implemented a new law that gives workers the legal “right to disconnect” from emails and other…
If your New Year’s resolutions crash and burn, don’t despair.
Believe me, I understand if you’re ambivalent or even disdainful of the religious aspects of Christmas.
