Shepherdstown Chronicle

Teaching Old Dogs New or Forgotten Tricks (Lifelong Learning Program at Shepherd University)

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 18:01:31 EDT

I was never much on school.

Maybe it was kindergarten that put me off learning. There was a puzzle. The word was that no one had ever been able to assemble it.

I'VE NO BUSINESS IN SHOW BUSINESS

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:39:27 EDT

A guy is wintering in Sarasota. He has a rash that covers his right arm from the tip of his fingers to the bend in his elbow. He makes an appointment with a doctor. Doctor gives him some salve and tells him to come back in a couple of weeks.

Babble

Thu, 6 Oct 2011 12:20:21 EDT

I have come to realize that my wife is right when she points out that I babble. And with age, she feels this problem has gotten worse. I'd rather talk my way around Robinhood's barn then just say what I'm thinking.

Nine Eleven Thoughts. Mine and others.

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:38:18 EDT

Excerpts from Letters to the Editor, New York Times, Sunday edition

I am hopeful that America will finally move beyond 9/11can we finally become more than a nation of victims and vengeance?...Can we (listen) more to reason than to rage?...

Born to Die, or not.

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:58:59 EDT

I don't know if she is my first cousin once removed, but I do know she is my mother's half-brother's granddaughter. She just gave birth to her first child, a beautiful, as all babies are, and healthy, as some babies are not, girl.