Opinion

5 years ago

Beating boredom this summer

“I’m bored, there’s nothing to do.” It is a phrase that my wife and I simply do not tolerate in our household during the summer months. And why should we?

5 years ago

A just choice: choose humanity

One year ago, 12 of us plus two children chanted: “End the separations, keep families together” in downtown Presque Isle. Unfathomably, this year we must chant against worse policies: “Close the child prisons.”

5 years ago

Summer road trips rule

Weddings in June are common enough. Relatively simple affairs. There is a bride, wearing a white and dolled up into a fanciful creation of spun sugar and apple blossoms.

5 years ago

Murphy loves a do-it-yourselfer

If you ever doubt whether Murphy’s Law is a real thing, just plan a simple weekend project. Then you’ll see what the gods of Murphydom really think of us poor humans.

5 years ago

Flash flood

As readers of this column know, I am big on weather awareness. In this, the “Age of Apps,” we’ve forgotten to look up.

5 years ago

Preserving history in old cemeteries

This is the time of year when we visit cemeteries. Sometimes what we find is not what we expected. In a neighboring town I found one cemetery with missing stones.