You must sometime experience the irrepressible charm and extensive knowledge of Katy Tahja if only to stand around pretending to look at the books of…
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The day before Opening Day of Baseball Season 2015, Lon Simmons died at the age of ninety-one. Lon and his broadcasting partner Russ Hodges were the San Francisco Giants radio announcers when I was a boy and a teenager, and Lon’s voice and laconic style are etched in my memory as deeply as the voice of any close relative.
In Upstate New York the long winter, even harsher than last, has been washed away by torrential rains. This morning at the Ithaca Falls the…
My name is Michael Jay Overholt. I want my story to be posted in your paper because both I and a lot of other people all love to read it. If you like it please send me a copy. I have no money considering I'm currently incarcerated within the confines of Mendocino County Jail.
Balmy, humid storms drop Gulf of Mexico moisture on the Ohio valley. Last Wednesday evening I considered engaging my son's friends to help drape the…
Campus fraternities are in the news. The "Greek system." All most people know about them is what they saw in Animal House. One thing from…
We called her Old Margaret among ourselves then, when she was about as old as we are now. Friends had seen her walking along that…
About 20 years ago, I was teaching a third grade class at PS 30X in the Bronx. The school was located in a very poor…
As a historian I’m the first person to admit I can start a project writing about one planned topic, influenza in Mendocino County in 1918,…
If you are in an area that has limited (or maybe zero) water available for frost protection, is there anything that you can do to…
Like every other fan of the National Pastime, I've looked forward with great anticipation to the new baseball season. But I know it won't possibly…