Most communities had at least one corner store. When I grew up there were three corner stores along the way as I walked to school. The one we frequented most was owned by the Denglers. He had groceries as well as some paper products. The thing that I remember most about this little store is ...

As each year passes to the next, I find it more and more difficult to bring a new and refreshing veterans story to the readers of the paper. It seems like an easy task to tell everyone about November 11th, and what it means to have served our country. But the task is difficult. The day marked ...

The other night we came home from having dinner out with the family, and found a mess left by the dogs. One of them is a pup and is still “learning the ropes,”—so it was somewhat predictable. You would think that after a year, this puppy would have gotten out of his bad habits, but he ...

Taking liberties with a well-remembered line from the pen of William Shakespeare, some may ponder the first part of the above title, but please don’t be confused by the posing of it, as the answer to the first part is unequivocally, and without a doubt, yes. We should always exercise our ...

Despite the significant increase in interest rates over the past 18 months, the US economy has continued to thrive, thanks to a robust job market and strong consumer spending. All this spending fostered optimism about the possibility of a “gentle economic slowdown,” allowing the Federal ...

In last week’s column, I mentioned that I love it when my children buy me tickets as a gift rather than more stuff. An hour after I finished writing on Tuesday, my son called to say, “What are you doing next Saturday?” When I replied that we had no plans, he said, “Hold that – I’ll ...