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I'm a fan of many types of music and artists. Bobby Bare had a song years ago titled, "Nashville is Rough on the Living, But She Really Speaks Well of the Dead." It appears you could substitute "Washington, D.C.," "The Washington Post" or "The New York Times" for "Nashville" and it...

Will people remember you after you die? Will anybody even care? How will you be remembered?

It appears that our Christmas crassness is running at a higher level this year than ever. Christmas selling is overwhelming our consumer society again. The commercialization of Christmas is sailing along unabated. It seems worse than ever to some of us old diehards who think our celebration...

Christmas is coming and wish lists vary. Here are ideas from which most can benefit.

Christmas is coming fast but try to slow down. Before you know it Christmas will be over. Most of us live our lives in a hurry. We hurry to finish school, hurry through meals, hurry through the work week and hurry into retirement. In a twinkle of an eye we have hurried through our...

Well, friends and neighbors, I am leaving the library proper, but I won't desert you just yet. My retirement from the premises doesn't mean I will stop my word butchering efforts. For as long as I can write, I certainly will. I am promised that I will also be making special appearances...