“Has my life come to this?” That’s what I asked myself a while back as I was preparing a bowl of Grape Nuts cereal to eat. Actually, it wasn’t “real” Grape Nuts. It was some cheapo house brand version of the high fiber cereal called Crunchy Nuggets, I believe. But most of you ...

A couple of weeks ago, I was on a late-night walk with Archer. Archer is the dog who boards with us. He’s a Sheltie (officially, a Shetland sheepdog). He’s a likable sort and is good company. We don’t have too many disagreements. You may be interested to know that I’ve been teaching ...

Many of us are interested in words. We are curious about their origins. Sometimes we like to try using a new word in our vocabulary. It’s sort of an interesting hobby. It can be fun to pay attention to the words and phrases others use. A lot of us have favorite words that we use. This past ...

At my age and stage of life, there are things that I wonder about. Some of these wonderings occur right before I drag my carcass out of bed each morning. The things I wonder are mainly questions like this: I wonder if my knee is going to hurt as much today as it did yesterday. I wonder if my ...

We just celebrated Independence Day. It’s a good time to think about our American way of life and be grateful for our political system. (Even though we wonder about it sometimes) Being an agricultural area, I think that Sanpeters can appreciate and understand the following guide to political ...

I’ve heard a lot of talk and seen quite a bit of news lately about the airline industry. It hasn’t been good news. Last weekend, in the USA, there were 634 flight cancellations on Saturday. On Sunday evening, there were at least 730 canceled flights. That may not be a big percentage of all ...