A young lady in my 8 a.m. Advertising Theory & Design course left the college about 9:30 Monday morning, right after class, and headed straight to Mohegan Sun Arena where Republication presidential primary candidate Donald Trump was scheduled to speak… Continue Reading
Watching Louis C.K. Tuesday on the Charlie Rose Show sent me scurrying to the Internet to read the irreverent comedian’s recent 1400-word rant on Donald Trump. I’m not very political and rarely, if ever, write about politics, or even government… Continue Reading
Within minutes after rising each morning I read the Citizens Voice obituaries on my smart phone. As I wait for them to load, I bless myself, partly as a prayer I will not see the names of anyone I know,… Continue Reading
Save for a few years in the early’90s, I’ve been writing a weekly newspaper column for 32 years, but until I read Kayleigh Demace’s Hughestown News in last Sunday’s Greater Pittston Progress I never knew there was a National Columnists… Continue Reading
As soon as he spotted me, Dr. Nick Ruggiero came bounding off his front porch. I joked that he must have really wanted the Tootsie Roll I was offering, but actually, it was pretty much the way he reacted every… Continue Reading
Do you know the grilled cheese sandwich has its own day? It is April 12. So if you did not celebrate on Tuesday, too late. Its official name is, quite appropriately, National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day. Not only am I… Continue Reading
I don’t play golf. Never touched a club. Which seems to surprise, well, everyone. Maybe when I’m too old to run around a tennis court is my flippant response. But when I’m being serious, I readily admit I am in… Continue Reading
Listening to Arianna Huffington on a television program talking about her new book The Sleep Revolution, Transforming Your Life One Night at a Time, got me to thinking about, of all things, my tennis shoes. And my running shoes. And… Continue Reading
“He’s my hero,” Gwen Baltusavich Michaels said to everyone who offered condolences at the viewing for her brother Billy who passed away March 25 after a courageous battle with brain cancer. Gwen, who was at her brother’s side every step… Continue Reading