Growing up, my brother and I wanted a cat.We’ve had dogs all our lives — well, one dog for all our young lives at that point, to be exact — but the only interaction we had with cats was through relatives and television, and it’s hard to pet a cat on television.One day, a stray cat made ...
Comedian Lenny Bruce once said people are straying away from the church to get back to God. I can’t agree or disagree with that statement, but I agree that I never seem to be totally comfortable at church.Now, I know you’re not supposed to discuss religion and politics at the dinner table, ...
I believe the phrase, “a kid in a candy store,” is what I felt when I snooped or “nebbed” around for strange articles for this week’s column.Problem was, I found so many sweet, sweet headlines in the candy store that’s known as the internet that I found that I was at risk of ...
I have to admit, I was never much of a hunter. Sure, one would think it’s easy to walk out into the woods, hunker down in a secluded spot, let the serenity of nature ease its way into your body and soul before using a shotgun to blow a squirrel away.Nope, I’m the guy who sits on a log, ...
When you work for a newspaper, you get used to reading and writing headlines, as they’re meant to grab the reader’s attention with some shock and awe or pizazz or promises of fame and riches.However, some headlines achieve the same effect just by stating the basic facts that are odd enough ...
In my early days as a newspaper reporter, I had the pleasure of interviewing Susan Powter.For those who may not know who she is, she’s a television personality, a motivational speaker, a nutritionist and an author of several books in the 1990s to the 2000s.For those who still don’t know who ...
