We’re well into February — even at 29 days in this leap year of 2012, it’s the shortest month of the year. It only seems like the longest. The excitement of the holidays — Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s — is behind us. New Year’s resolutions that carried us through January are starting to feel [...]
It’s a little past 7 a.m. and the bright glow in the eastern sky looks like a promise for a sunny day. The sun is always welcome at this time of the year. The ground is covered with snow again and the temperatures are colder. Finally feels like winter. Saturday morning our thermometer showed 6 [...]
A husband said to his wife, “No, I don’t hate your relatives. In fact, I like your mother-in-law better than I like mine.” I like that. But it got me to thinking this week… “Is what we say really what we mean?” In other words, are we always truthful about the things we say and [...]
Feb. 16, 1912 Madison County Democrat — One of the social gatherings of the past week was when Miss Eva Renner entertained a number of her friends with a Valentine party at her home last Wednesday evening. Those present were: Misses Mabel Baer, Lucy Booth, Edna Westinbarger, Hannah Kelly, Wade Simpkins, Wilbur Clark, Paul Miller [...]
What would you say the colors would be: brown, ochre, gray, white? How would you describe a winter’s day? Would you try to say what that particular day would be or would you refer in your mind to winters past? I’m not real crazy about the gray days of winter but we haven’t had very [...]
All Jim wanted was a cup of coffee when he stopped down at the Mule Barn the other day. Sometimes when he comes the three miles down off the interstate with his big rig he has a full meal, but this afternoon it was just for a quick cup and a friendly smile. He got [...]
The Ohio Music Educators Association Solo and Ensemble Adjudication (say that three times fast) for high school students was held at Pickerington North High School a week ago. My grandchildren, Kelsey and Susanna, have “gone to contest” for several years. It has become a family affair, with school band director, music teacher, parents, siblings and [...]
The sun is shining and it almost seems like spring with the unusual warmth we are experiencing. We were glad for the warmer weather last week. Our house didn’t have heat from Wednesday until Saturday morning because the glass on our Hitzer coal stove broke. So we decided to trade ours in for a new [...]
