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Who doesn’t empathize with Ukrainians fleeing their homes? We mentally put ourselves in the same situation. What we would latch onto at that moment?

Storytellers fall into three categories:  embellishers, non-embellishers and pathological liars. The embellishers lie a little on purpose.

Wordle. Rhymes with girdle. Have you tried it? High school freshman grandson Cutter showed me and Grandad how to play. I’m addicted.

Vent. It’s a euphemism for gripe. The word vent makes it sound like we humans might explode if we couldn’t open our release valves and gripe.

Hanaba Welch Remember when you were a youngster and all your friends got the hottest new item first and you were still waiting for your parents to buy you one of whatever it was? Hula hoops hit the scene in 1958. When Mother and Daddy finally bought me one (either I was broke or too stingy to spend my own money or both), they didn’t get me a red one or a blue one or a green one from M. E. Moses. Nope, they bought me a black one from the local hardware store-lumberyard. It was fabricated from ...

It’s hard to ferret out that information online because “smoke pot” has pretty much turned into a transitive verb and object, in that order.

How to dispose of a mildewed flag? Bury it or burn it, not without ceremony. You can salute it and say the Pledge of Allegiance. That’s my plan.

Hanaba Welch Farmers, if you’ve ever wanted to sell stuff at a farmers market but the rabbits ravage your garden, don’t lose hope. Go wild. Think of that un-grazed corner of the farm as God’s garden. Walk there. Take a machete. Be ready to scale a tree if a wild hog comes at you, unless you’ve practiced machete throwing.  If you emerge from the wilderness onto a public road, machete in one hand and a bag of pokeweed in the other, don’t expect to hitchhike – unless a neighbor comes ...

Dictionary definition: “a genre of science fiction that typically features steam-powered machinery rather than advanced technology.” More about steampunk later. For now consider the word “retro” – a term that didn’t come into use until the 1960s. Nothing makes you feel old like a word that’s not as old as you are. Dictionary definition:  “clothes or music whose style or design is imitative of those of the recent past.” Be thankful for retro. Sometimes it’s the only way you ...

During our COVID pandemic, home-based activities have flourished. People have learned new skills. Is anybody making bathtub gin?