In April 2024, we received a call from Animal Control that a male dog was struck by a vehicle in Woodstock. He suffered severe injuries to his right hind leg that required amputation in order for him to live a comfortable life. We posted him online, shared him over and over again, but had no […]

I’m not going to go into a lot of depth about the story in “Bad Boys: Ride or Die.” Miami detectives Mike Lowery (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) are back to have another cop adventure. They do some investigating, clash with superiors, run afoul of bad guys, the bad guys endanger their loved […]

In 1981, I made what I feared was a terrible mistake. I found myself, at age 32, on a plane headed for Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. I had enlisted in the Army and was on my way to basic training. I was married and had a young daughter. Jobs were scarce, and the Army seemed […]

Early in my Army career, I went to a difficult training course. It was physically and emotionally demanding. Most of the time we were over-tired, had aching muscles, and wished the darn thing was over. Each day passed slowly, seeming to take forever. And the end of the course felt like a distant and unreachable […]

“Garfield and Friends,” based on comic strips by Jim Davis, was one of my favorite cartoons growing up. With all due respect to the show’s talented writers and other voice actors, the best thing about the show was Lorenzo Music’s performance as the title tabby. Music’s voice, which somehow always sounded like a yawn, was […]

Vote on June 11 at Norway Town Hall for the state primary, town election, and SAD #17 budget. The annual Town Meeting is set for June 17 at 7 p.m. at OHCHS. Here are some Upcoming Programs by Norway Parks and Recreation: • Swim Lessons will start on July 22 and run through August 9. […]

2015’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” was one of the most critically-lauded action movies not just of its year, not just of its decade, but of all time. I will forever curse “Pitch Perfect 2” for opening the same weekend and doing better at the box office, thus keeping me from reviewing “Fury Road” (for the […]

One Thanksgiving, we had family members visiting from out of state. Among them were our three sons. Also, our daughter-in-law (married to our oldest son), and our daughter-in-law’s younger sister. That morning, we noticed something unexpected. Our youngest son and his sister-in-law’s sister seemed to have a special rapport. They were not flagrant in their […]

My daughter, my granddaughter, and I recently visited my youngest son and his wife. It didn’t take long for the conversation to turn to books. I asked a question I thought I knew the answer to. “How many people here have listened to the audiobook, The Girl Who Drank the Moon, more than three times?” […]