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Interesting 1922 Facts

Interesting 1922 Facts

What comes to mind when we ask what were the most famous events of 1922, 100 years ago? This reporter thinks it’s fascinating to look back and…

Years Gone By

Years Gone By

This article could be for my generation but this reporter would hope that some younger folks will read this and wonder how we older people survived the…

Messages at Christmas

Messages at Christmas

Do your children, grandchildren or great-grandchildren ever ask you, “What do you want for Christmas?”  After thinking about that question, I decided to give them my real…

A Wonderful Story

A Wonderful Story

This story was sent to me by Kentucky cousins and should be shared.  This reporter thinks that it will be heart-warming for you as it was for…

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

Several people have sent me the following invitation issued by a Grandma somewhere out there to join her for Thanksgiving dinner.  It is credited to several writers…

S.O.S.

S.O.S.

This is dedicated to all my friends who, like me, like the S.O.S. approach: Slower, Older, Smarter. Read on further: An Airbus 380 is on its way…

Apples and More Apples

Apples and More Apples

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” This old saying is probably truer than we would like to admit but who really sticks to this routine…

Life As We Know It

Life As We Know It

This reporter received the following and enjoyed it so much that I am sharing with my readers. This person asked a friend who had crossed 75 and…

Essence of Teaching

Essence of Teaching

An old man meets a young man who asks: “Do you remember me?” The old man says no. Then the young man tells him he was his…

Where Were You?

Where Were You?

During my years of growing up, this reporter looks back at events, happy, or sad, that were televised or written about in newspapers during her lifetime, and…