It seems like yesterday, not 2019 when I was given the opportunity to write short stories and have them published. But little did I realize at that time, I would be chronicling the history of my friends and family. With limited knowledge of the history of my beloved hometown, I wrote about my ...
These days, visiting a farm is about more than going to see animals or shopping for seasonal produce. Activities ranging from hayrides to haunted mazes to pumpkin picking are becoming more prevalent as more farms lean into 鈥渁gritainment鈥� or 鈥渁gritourism,鈥� the combination of agriculture ...
A lot of what we read about today concerns educating our young with guidance toward becoming productive, happy adults. Of course, ideas and opinions are as numerous as the population. Education is a moving target for trends and movements like new math, open classrooms, online education, magnet ...
All three of our children became good drivers; but all three have had unfortunate collisions, none of which they could have prevented, and none that were their fault. Our youngest son Roy Jr. stopped so a trio of deer to cross the highway near Hopwood. While he and Suzanne waited patiently, ...
In our lives, we are sometimes privileged to interact with exceptional individuals; maybe few, maybe many. They may impress us, amaze us, baffle us, or even enrage us. They may fade from our memory or return there at any time. One such character that I still remember fondly is an uncle to ...
We were only on a short trek from the Dawson post office for coffee at the Pea Pod in Vanderbilt when the strangest memory crossed my mind. As I navigated the curves of Route 819 with the care of an octogenarian great grandfather, I was suddenly driving from suburban Dundalk, Md., into ...
