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If the sky isn’t densely overcast this afternoon, Honey and I will take grandson Lamppost Head and drive an hour north to see the total solar eclipse. Hancock

A volunteer work project Friday left our 10 participants happy despite being dog-tired and nursing aches, splinters and bloody scratches. We attacked an eyesore

I am suffering from a bad case of pink eye, a bacterial infection in which kindly old Mother Nature replaces your eyeballs with maraschino cherries which have b

In the course of taking a trailer-full of Allison Elementary kindergarten students on a pumpkin patch tractor ride, I stopped the tractor, climbed off and picke

“Bowling for firewood? What the heck is bowling for firewood?” Miss T asked. I replied “You’ll see” because it was easier to dodge the question than

Being “on the cusp” is one of my favorite metaphors. The word derives from the Latin “cuspis,” meaning a literal high point, as in the top of an arch. F

Shark asked to borrow my truck to get a load of mulch. “Sure thing,” I told my daughter. “It runs fine, but don’t be alarmed if you notice a few of th

Greetings from the boiling hot Florida Space Coast, where Elon Musk shoots off giant rockets into space every night or two for the entertainment of the locals.

Our extended family dinner in the old Miller barn was winding down. The older set - our children, their in-laws, our sisters, their spouses and so on - were tal

As we celebrate this greatest of American holidays, we set aside our differences and rejoice in the things we all treasure: life, liberty and freedom from leaks