Opinion

My wife hesitates whenever I am at the store by myself for one of two reasons.Reason one: I get distracted very easily and have a tendency to buy on impulse, typically prefaced with a "Ooh! That's cool" or "Hey! What's this?" In my defense, a lot of it is food, and I happen to be quite the chef as I have stated before.The second reason: I have a little habit of unintentionally adopting little old ladies.I do not know what it is, be it my (un)friendly disposition that makes cacti seem less prickly or maybe years of living has developed a super sense that I used to work with seniors. I used to work as a CNA/CMA until I found a fulltime writing job.Whatever the reason is, these encounters with the grannies of the universe tend to happen in the bread aisle.My most recent meet-cute with this particularly lady happened over rye.I happened to be grabbing a loaf of marbled rye myself for post-roast corned beef dinner sandwiches, when this little 5'2 woman muttered up to me, "Could you get me one, too, please?"I obliged without hesitation, wondering if it was going it happen again.It did.

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This time of year, I sometimes think of the poem Pippa Passes (1841) by Robert Browning. the year's at the spring,and day's at the morn;morning's at seven;the hill-side's dew-pearled;the lark's on the wing;the snail's on the thorn;god's in his heaven—all's right with the world!The words make me wonder what, so early in the morning, was Browning drinking? Other than the year’s at the spring – which checks out, the Spring equinox falls on March 20, 2025 – I think he gets just about everything else wrong.First of all, the name itself, Spring, is a marketing triumph.

Today, I share a story. Skip to the end if you do not want to read this adventure and just want to get to the lesson at the end of this sitcom episode.It was one of those days.

Got ya'.That topic is not really Andrew County's cuppa'discussion right now.No, but really. Things are changing.We have heard several things from the community about what they want to see in their local newspaper.1.

The brain is a wonderful thing. It gets us through the day, tells when to eat, what to eat, and guides us to make good decisions to keep us safe.

Lost is an interesting concept. You can be lost.

Anger is an emotional response to certain situations, to certain experiences, and to more basic emotions, particularly fear. Anger can arise from frustration, fear or perceived threat, prejudice or discrimination, unfairness or injustice, feeling discounted or humiliated, or feeling abandoned.Anger is often a “secondary emotion,” arising (sometimes very quickly) from primary emotions such as fear, sadness, powerlessness, or loneliness.

I recently went on a date with my six-year-old daughter. It was an elegant affair.