Readers with long memories yearn for more clean, creative humor. Sadly, folks in the first half of their lives are clueless about the golden years of radio. It featured 30-minute comedy shows with …
It’s no longer likely that many sons and daughters will enter their parents’ professions. There are exceptions, of course. Seventy-six-year-old Harold Barton is one, son of the …
Persons claiming to have the same mental faculties and physical capabilities that they had a half-century ago probably fib about other things, too. Some formerly judged such jokers to be guilty of …
Too much is expected of us – we folks of a certain age – whether man or woman. Society yawns as we strive to avoid violent foul-ups in the fast lane; we weep, choking on the dust of …
Whoops! I almost used the age-old idiom about never saying never. First in print back in the 14th century, it was featured in 2020 as background music for the popular movie, The Karate Kid. It is …
They are missed, these two men who didn’t try to make us love each other, but at the very least, made us tolerant of each other during their professional lives. Perhaps unknowingly, their gentle …
Accounts of folks “pulling themselves up by their boot straps” warm hearts; when such is done without boots, it’s a whole ‘nuther thing. “Wholeness” was achieved in January when …
On occasion, I’ve been in the presence of the rich and/or famous. Usually, though, I am lost among hundreds – maybe thousands – turning out for political rallies or tent shows. At one, I …
Whether we bow in reverence to statistics or grow nauseous dealing with the barrage of numbers dealt with daily, most of us value “peace and goodwill” wherever we can find it. Foundational to …
Media – both print and electronic – have slathered us with minute details of Arlington’s Grand Prix. Surely their “slatherers” are either bent or broken for putting undue strain on us who …
One could could strip mental gears trying to come up with a more “fitting” name than hers. Pat Worrell laughs at the thought of many introductory variations over the decades. In recent years, …
My Uncle Mort is committed to establishing a “Go Fund Me” campaign for postal workers of America, retroactive to whenever early voting began. He suggests joint beneficiaries — …
My Uncle Mort sometimes has “bats in his belfry.” Fact is, he’s heard such second, third, and fourth-hand opinions so many times that he’s begun research about these flying …
He’s likely been a “forward thinker” since “diaper days” some 80 years ago. Glenn Dromgoole — my friend of almost 60 years — probably can trace his “can do” spirit back …
The expression about an ill wind blowing no good goes back almost five centuries. Just 52 years ago, however, a true-life example occurred at what seemed to be an unlucky turn of event at a Justin, …
Our sense of hearing is to be treasured. The sound of ships nearing shores, buzzers sounding at the end of victories, and fireworks signaling a new year are but three examples. There are, …
It was an afternoon when elements of Murphy’s Law loomed, not in cataclysmic ways, but merely gnawing tidbits of annoyance — for both me and others — that harkened us back to lessons of a …
It should come as no surprise to those of us who have reached “geezerhood” that our ear drums are challenged annually by random sounds — from up and down, here, there, and all around. …
As the hours of 2025 dwindled to single digits, Americans FINALLY heard a new sports expression that is NOT likely to catch on. The guy from ABC-TV — describing the Michigan/Texas …
Often, I believe, writers spend too much time on the “what was” and “what will be” instead of the “what is.” I admit to such whimpering occasionally, and this time, make no promises …
If all the COVID-19 stories were laid end to end and submerged, it might be a good thing. Most of us think of this acronym (Corona Virus Disease-2019) in negative terms. However, just as some …
Since when do I feel the freedom to “lump” more kinfolks into the bin already spilling over with “we-should-have-known-better” contents? Regrettably, we must make room for one …
How used cars are marketed shouldn’t matter to my ancient Uncle Mort. After all, he swore off use of traditional transportation in the late 1900s when they started pricing gasoline in dollars …
I’ve never claimed to have the gift of prophecy, nor do I now. Yet, it seems beyond coincidence that two of my past three columns have centered on bears, and now — lo and behold …
Their numbers are dwindling, but folks figuring there’s nothing new under the sun are spending too much time in the shade and/or staring too much at the fiery object that planets circle with …
