I’m rethinking people labels
As I drove along the rain-soaked pavement of Petersburg Pike on my way to work a few weeks ago I was listening to a...
The case of the ringing cell phone
When Rocky Coss admitted that he had personally, if inadvertently, violated his strict rule against cell phones going off while his Highland County Common...
Humor in the unexpected
“Expect the unexpected” is an adage so jarringly accurate, it might as well be the cardinal rule for being alive.Because, whether we like it...
Wicked cool in every sense, almost
No matter how much a person likes what they do for a living, it’s not easy to return to the grind after a good...
This will only take an hour, promise
Most of you have heard of Robert’s Rules of Order, the universally accepted guidelines of parliamentary procedure for conducting meetings.Today I offer Gary’s Rules...
Slow down and just wait
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about Disney movies.And yes, anyone who knows me well would say that’s not surprising. After all, my family’s...
Radar, mum, peep, and toot
Radar, mum, peep, and toot are all examples of palindromic words. While fun, attempting to construct something that is the same forward and backward...
Otworth’s vision drives new road
A major joint project by the county of Highland and the city of Hillsboro is rapidly nearing completion, and it shows what can be...
I was in a bind, and way behind
In his song “The Devil went Down to Georgia” Charlie Daniels sings, “He was in a bind, ‘cause he was way behind. He was...
A bit of ‘mind over matter’
When I was in school there was one history factoid that was always easy for me to remember: the date when Christopher Columbus set...
