As the new year dawns, many gather with family and friends to enjoy funny glasses, pointy hats, loud and obnoxious party favors, and perhaps a glass of a bubbly as they welcome in a fresh set of 365 days. Simultaneously, football teams in big bowl games get fired up. A million people or so usually [...]

’Twas the time around Christmas in Two-oh-two-one, A big year of trials was just about done. From vaccines and riots to new folks in charge, Every new month brought on changes quite large.   A threatening rampage on Capitol Hill Accomplished a whole lot of pretty much nil. Then Fourteen days later ol’ Joe took [...]

One of my first cousins and her husband are long-haul truck drivers. Lisa and Greg crisscross the nation together through rain, hail, sleet, snow, sunshine slowdown – the whole weather gamut. Their trailer is filled with a wide variety of goods, and their cab has all the comforts of home. Which is good. Because it [...]

Just as most of us did at some point during the past year and a half, Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden talked via Zoom this week. Anybody know if they were both wearing sweatpants like everybody else? And did they have something embarrassing on the wall behind them that they forgot could be seen by [...]

Are you one of those people who absolutely can’t wait for the turkey sandwiches to all be finished so you can concentrate totally on what comes next on the holiday calendar? Do you relish the thought of stringing lights on a tree or on the eaves of a house? Does the idea of making a [...]