Late last school year, I was surprised when my son’s school said he was bullying another student. He is about to start the fourth grade and I’m not sure what to say to him to make sure he doesn’t do this again. Any advice? First, it sounds like you have already taken an important first [...]
The children went back to school after a week here at home for Spring break. My husband Joe went back to work on Tuesday. The house seems empty during the day. Daughter Susan is working four days this week but is home today. I am glad for her help. She is going to bake chocolate [...]
A woman who loves to cook collects a lot of recipes over decades of time. She takes family recipes with her when she leaves her childhood home (not counting going away to college) to make a home with her husband or “significant other” as may be the case. Single or married, she makes friends with [...]
I use a lot of Chap Stick during the winter months. My wife thinks I am “addicted” to the stuff because I use it so much. Nearly every time she sees me I am putting Chap Stick on my lips. Such a charge is unfair because the only time I use it is during the [...]
April 18, 1913 Madison County Democrat — Mexican War Reunion continued. “This reunion will have a picturesque side, for the Mexican war made history such as is seldom written. With Texas as the prize, both sides put forth their best efforts and their best men. James K. Polk, newly came to the presidency, had been [...]
The Bahdziewicz clan trooped into the Mule Barn for lunch the other day, happily and noisily as only eight Americans totally in love with spring can do. The patriarch of the clan, Abraham Lincoln Bahdziewicz, led the way to a large round table and seated his wife, Sally, before pointing to which chairs the kids [...]
No, it’s nothing new to me. I’ve been here in varying degrees many times before. I have seen some of my friends run into the same situation. In some extreme cases it is referred to as burn-out. I’m not sure this is an accurate definition. It gives the connotation that one was once on fire [...]
5 a.m. — The alarm goes off. I get up because daughter Elizabeth will leave for her job at the factory soon. She has been working a lot of 10 hour days at the factory. 5:15 a.m. — Elizabeth’s ride is here and she leaves. The children are on spring break and my husband Joe [...]
