Friday, June 12, 2026
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19th Century words of wit and wisdom for Valentine's Day

Well, it’s about that time of the year again – that time when men who can normally talk incessantly about just about anything without pausing to find the right words to say, suddenly find themselves speechless.

Nope, still not the newspaper, still not the 'newspaper guy'

After 5 years, almost, we have had another influx of people that think we are "the newspaper". A couple things have happened this week that had me thinking maybe we need to say something, again.

A historic, and personal 12th anniversary...

    Friday was an unusual and special 12th anniversary for me, although nothing actually happened on that day a dozen years ago.     Confused? Let me explain.

The nearly 50-year-old stolen 'Super Bowl' joke

Perhaps you saw an ad on TV, or a flier in a newspaper, or some other form of advertising that refers to Sunday’s NFL Championship Game between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks as “the big game.

An inspiring manual for modern communication

I just finished reading an inspiring publication that gives me hope for the future when it comes to how we, as a society communicate – something so unusually and surprisingly terrific I am compelled to share it.

My granddaughters, the Presidential speech writers

Everyone who knows me knows how ridiculously seriously I take my role as grandfather. We have four granddaughters, three of whom live in Vinton and I have seen every week at least (and often most every day) since the first one entered our lives five years ago.
Article Thumbnail. Public safety officials are likely to respond to incidents like this Monday night or Tuesday.

The best winter driving safety advice: Don't

    I once had the enlightening experience of working with a teenage girl who had already wrecked her car two or three times.      She did not seem to make the connection between driving decisions and unpleasant results.
Article Thumbnail. This painting was one of our inspirations during the challenging, often tragic, year that was 2014.

2014: The Year of the Wounded Angel

We all learned so much in 2014 – and many of last year’s lessons were from paint, and paintings – and pain. I learned that I could mix one gallon of an impossibly ugly bright green paint with a few ounces of equally ugly of “wet cement grey” paint and a gallon of “historically pale yellow” to create a unique medium-light green that works well in our living room.