Hunker Down: Talk about a real army!
The man in the wheelchair was having a bit of trouble. He was overloaded with groceries and trying to steer his way among the people and cars back to where I supposed he was parked. Every time he …
Hunker Down: From presents to presence
I remember the Roy Rogers’ gun and holster set like it was yesterday. One Christmas it was a Lionel train. ‘Course, I had to share that with two brothers. It was way too expensive to go …
Hunker Down: Big Brother ain’t the only one listening
We’ve talked Alexa before. I don’t know how it works. Jesse gave it to me for Father’s Day. It’s some kind of highfalutin technical device that can speak, answer questions and …
Hunker Down: Sarah Ophelia lives on!
COVID-19 is as serious as it gets. And I’m not in the age bracket that fares well against it. So I worry a lot. I worry about my wife. I worry about friends and neighbors. I worry about my …
Hunker Down: Mary Hadley invented Black Friday
Black Friday came and went. Leaving me a little confused! Didn’t it used to be just one single solitary day? Seems to me it has been stretched a mite… by several days in both …
Hunker Down: A moveable feast
They talked about growing up out at Peach; and along the Steadman Ridge. They laughed about taking baths in Sugar Creek; and attending the one-room school house at Mt. Zion. They shopped at Minor …
Hunker Down: He saved my life twice, once before I was born
I was paying attention to what was in front of me. We were undefeated and I thought we had a better than average chance of remaining that way. The November air was chilly high atop the press box at …
Hunker Down: It’s all about the grandchildren
I heard a celebrated news commentator say this presidential race “is the most important election in our nation’s history.” A congresswoman, in the same vein of thinking, declared, …