Opinion

Slightly Skewed
Our youngest child bursts through the front door after a hard day of manual labor, trailing behind him a wide swath of grime and an odor of feet so fo...
Life’s Lessons
The appointed day finally arrived – a full week later than expected due to some tie-ups in paperwork and a federal government requirement that t...

Slightly Skewed
Winky Durdell couldn’t cut a break.Winky practically invented Attention Deficit Disorder before it had a name, when everyone just thought he was...
Life’s Lessons
It was my final trip away from the duplex (villa) I had been renting in town. I had cleaned out the house, then cleaned up the house, vacuumed and scr...
Life’s Lessons
Yes, I finally made it. On Saturday, an entusiastic (at least in the beginning) crowd assembled at my villa in town and began the day-long process. Th...

Slightly skewed
So anyway, it’s been a while since I’ve chilled with you in this space, and a few things have happened.Not anything earth-shattering, mind...
Life’s Lessons
If you grew up in a loving family, a caring family, a family in which every member was recognized for his own strengths and weaknesses, give thanks.I ...
Your View
As Memorial Day will soon be here, I would like to make all military veterans and retirees aware of The National Defense Authorization Act of 2008 whi...
Life’s Lessons
Having talked with several trusted friends who would say what needed to be said instead of what they thought I wanted to hear, I was not going ahead w...
Life’s Lessons
I don’t know why my friend decided to share with our Sunday School class about my tendency to “go it alone” or, so to speak, fly by ...