When my sons were little, we visited my mother in the cities one weekend. We decided to go out to lunch at a retro diner. While we waited to be seated, my son Maxx noticed a lady reading the first Harry Potter book as she waited to be seated. Maxx became very animated as Maxx tended to do ...

We have been learning about Tracy’s Dave Ziemke, who enlisted in the Army in June 1967; trained as a field wireman; and deployed to Vietnam in December 1967. The Army assigned him to the 1st Battalion of the 5th Artillery Regiment, north of Vietnam’s capital of Saigon. About half of ...

The social news or gossip columns in the old newspapers are always fascinating to read. A special section in the newspaper was devoted to the social media of the day. The whereabouts of local people and events were often featured in these columns. Here are a few from The News Messenger of Lyon ...

Have you ever entered something and discovered the outcome to be entirely different than what you expected? Think about that question for a minute. Well, if you’re anything like me, your answer to the question will be an overwhelming. .. yes! For instance, I went shopping for a nice ...

As cellular phone technology began to creep into every corner of life, I worked hard to keep it out of my outdoor adventures. Before smartphones even, when a gray LCD display lit by a greenish white backlight was the only glow a phone provided, the old pay-by-the-minute Nokia model I owned ...

President Biden delivered the annual State of the Union address with the usual fanfare and heckling. There was the typical standing and sitting, toadying from the President’s party, and jeers from the opposing party. One of the most interesting exchanges for me took place between Senator ...