A friend of mine has a saying that is something like, “Everyone has some serious stuff going on in their life at sometime or other.” Only he didn’t say stuff. Right now it seems that I happen to know quite a few people who have some “serious stuff” going on in their lives. Mainly ...

I guess I have always had a thing for libraries. And, I suppose, that is because I have always loved to read. I remember reading all kinds of books as a child and young adult. My mother used to come in to my bedroom and demand I quit reading, put down the book, turn off the light and go to ...

It might actually be fall. Oh, I know, fall started back in September, sometime around Sept. 22. But, did it really? Now as we hit mid-October, and Halloween is fast approaching, it is finally starting to feel a little bit like fall. The leaves are turning, finally, and they are falling ...

So, this past week was National Newspaper Week, and it was also National Fire Prevention Week. In last week’s column I wrote a lot about Newspaper Week, but I sort of brushed over Fire Prevention Week. So this week, lets talk about fire week. It is a different kind of week, because it is ...