The new year, 2017, soon will be here, and so will I. I’ll be pondering the kind of New Year’s […]
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Things becoming surreal
Without searching very hard, it’s possible to find many supposed awards bestowed on people and things. Sports Illustrated treated LeBron […]
A recipe for pugilists
I didn’t even recognize an old classmate as he rode his bike downtown and called me “Mannie,” which immediately told […]
We needed rescuing
Many people my age are thankful for there being younger people around to figure out things we oldsters fail at. […]
Where’d that word come from?
Almost daily we come across — and many of us even use — familiar expressions that, when you come to […]
Grateful for avoiding pedestrian
I came close to creating another obituary for the Optic as I drove downtown on Hot Springs Boulevard Thursday night. […]
Little ones also matter
In just a short week, I’ve noticed many people — including myself — “zoned out,” clearly distracted, grumpy and not […]
Whales failed to show up
THE CARIBBEAN — When my wife, Bonnie, and I took a weeklong vacation to Belize formerly British Honduras, in northeastern […]
Call it Puerto Caliente
Our bus driver-guide told us, “There are four seasons here: summer, summer, summer and summer.” And he was absolutely correct. […]
‘Twenty-five cents, please’
Some readers possibly don’t realize that part of my alleged sense of humor comes from holding doors open for people, […]