At 5 years old, my son came charging in the house one evening from the farmyard, all excited and yelling for me to come outside and see what he'd just seen. He had me watch the moon. So, I watched and watched; but I didn't see anything. I asked him what I was supposed to see. He told me to ...
Well the NCAA Basketball Tournament, the NBA Basketball Playoffs, NHL Playoffs, Golf Tournaments and just about everything else, (wait, not "just about anything," EVERYTHING has been cancelled or postponed. But not Major League Baseball. Nope! No-sir-ee Major League Baseball is just about to ...
News Flash! News Bulletin! All Live Sports Cancelled Till Further Notice!!! No Big 10, Big 12, Little 10, or even Small 6 tournaments?No NCAA Basketball Tournament Office Pools?People might actually get some work done!!No standing around the water cooler mesmerized by all the upsets the day ...
Growing up on a farm, my school bus driver, Mr. Horn, scared me! He looked mean and had, very strict rules. He made us sit in our seats, not move about and watched us like a hawk. He made us be quiet and not mess with other riders.I recall one incident just before Christmas. I was about six ...
This Tuesday is St. Patrick's Day. A day or night or both to guzzle down some "green beer." The city of Chicago will once again douse the Chicago River with about a hundred pounds of green dye and the river will be green. All the fish in the river will get "green around the gills," (nyuk ...
This past week Deb and I returned to Tama-Toledo for the funeral of my cousin. The last time we ventured back here was last summer for my (gulp) 50th class reunion. This time around it was because of a sad occasion yet bittersweet too. It seems the older we get, the more we get together for ...
Growing up in the 50's & 60's with a family of five kids, life was a series of "Don't do's"My folks had unreasonable family rules, like don't wear blue jeans to school, don't watch cartoons on Saturday mornings, don't read comic books, don't cuss, eat your peas and don't talk with your ...
Yogi Berra is famous for his "Yogisms," his ways of stating or misstating things throughout his life. I guess he once said that when in life you come to a "fork in the road, you should take it." Interesting thought perhaps but as we all know quite impossible. One has to go one way or the ...
Let me ask you a very personal yet important question about your life. You don't have to answer if you don't want but that probably says more about you than if you just shun your fears and answer the darn question. Do inanimate objects ever talk to you? Yes, inanimate things such as, well, ...
Note: Arrest or citation for a crime is not a determination of guilt. Guilt or innocence is always established in a court of law.Jan. 212:27 p.m.- Alexis Lillian Collinson, 19, Tama, arrested in the 1300 block of Sesame Drive on a charge of 3rd degree burglary by Tama Police. Placed on ...