The United States Department of Education was in the news last week as President Donald Trump works to fulfil another campaign promise to reduce its size and return public education to states. My opinion, and as studies indicated most American citizens, is this is good news since the federal departm...

I may be evolving into a reluctant, unintentional hoarder. It’s difficult to admit but the evidence is literally piling up around me as I ponder my current estate of stuff.This acquisition of material goods and useless items has not been purposeful, it has been through a lifetime of getting, acts of...

The day before the first day of spring I celebrated a birthday. Let me say thanks to all of you from the Jena area that wished me a Happy Birthday. One of the issues we have with birthdays is the age factor. Simple mathematics demands that with every 365 days (except for leap-year it is 366) we have...

There are some situations that just break one’s heart, terrible tragedies, death of children etc. We could go on and on and list all kinds of terrible...

The bird flu has spread across the U.S. and has caused consumers to pay more for this most valuable and incredible food source. Each chicken can lay b...

“I’m like a banty rooster in a big red rooster crowd, I’m puny, short and little, but I’m loud!” Personally, I can’t think of a better description of ...