Archive for Humor
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Eloise Graham Privacy in the Good Old Days The other day I was paying for a service online. I was adding more minutes to my trakfone from my trakfone. Well, I got all of the information typed in; my name, phone number, my user ID, my password, amount of time I wanted added, the credit card info...
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Children’s Book Day
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “The more that you read The more things you will know The more that you learn The more places you’ll go.” …….Dr. Seuss As an English major and former educator, books and reading have always been important to me. I used to tell my students that on...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones There’s something weird about April Most folks smilingly slide into the month of April. With winter clearly in the rearview, summer up ahead and visions of May flowers (and their creepy cousins the May Fly) buzzing in their heads, it’s a great time to be alive and living in the g...
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Death and Taxes
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home Editor’s note: We are pleased to share a previous article by David Deuth from our archives. “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” This now iconic phrase is said to have been penned by none oth...
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Planting Season
By John & Joan Maxwell Cinnamon Ridge Farms As the earth wakes up in April, farmers have a narrow window of time to plant seeds in their fields. For my father as a young man in the 1920s, he would greet the spring breezes by tackling the fields with literal horse power. In the dark, pre-daw...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Eloise Graham Taxes “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” - Benjamin Franklin Taxes, an appropriate subject for April. We all seem to feel doom and gloom when we hear “April 15th.” Perhaps we no longer have to pay Federal Income Tax, but we sti...
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The Conch Republic
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “History, with all her volumes vast, hath but one page…” George Gordon Byron When Gary and I travel we love to learn about the local history and culture. Over the past few years we have visited museums, taken tours, and read books about many regions in Flori...
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Just Saying…
By Q.C. Jones Ode to the Potato – Just in time for March. Ah, the lowly potato. No matter how you slice it, French fries, American fries, cottage fries and other variations join the potato chip in food lexicon. Further, the potato has been honored with the U.N. Sponsored 2008 Year of the Potato....
