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Enjoy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving is a terrific holiday! It’s one of my favs, if not “thee” favorite of them all. Everyone has their own reasons for liking particular holidays. I know several people who love Halloween. And – no; they’re not witches. (Well, maybe that depends on your definition of witch.) ...

Generalizations

As I recall, I was in a high school English class when I was taught about “sweeping generalizations” and “hasty generalizations.” A sweeping generalization is when one takes a presumed general rule and believes that it applies to everything or everyone. For example: Someone in Colorado ...

Elections and Veterans Day

I really don’t have any specific comments relative to the outcome of the long, drawn out election season. To be perfectly honest, I had a deadline to submit this column before election results were known. So, I’m basically flying blind. And, anyway, I generally try not to go very heavy ...

Hunting in the pantry

In church last Sunday, some of the guys were talking about the deer hunt which started on Saturday. One guy speculated that the Second Coming of Jesus might just happen on a Sunday during the hunt. I doubted that. My money is on Super Bowl Sunday. The deer hunt, now in progress, reminded me of ...

Remembering dates

When I gave this piece a title, I knew that it might immediately be misconstrued. So, let me set things straight right away. This is not going to be me disclosing memorable moments back in the days when I was a single man and going out socially on dates. If I were going to do that though, ...

Football is back again

Annual recurring football fever is as predictable as the sun coming up and the cows coming home. And it’s back. The high schools, colleges and the professionals have been in full swing for a while. The game between the North Sanpete Hawks and the Manti Templars last Friday night was a ...