Guest Blogger, Dayna Williams-Capone: First Job at Riverside Pool
As summer sadly slips away, I can’t help but remember the Augusts of my youth, when I tried valiantly to get in as much swim time as possible before Riverside Pool closed for the season, boarding up...
View ArticleGuest Blogger, Theresa Barnhart: Aunt Ruth, A Beautiful Lady
My Mom called me this afternoon and told me she had been writing about my Great Aunt Ruth and her battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She wondered if I might post what she wrote as a guest blog. Of...
View ArticleGuest Blogger, Michael Patrick Gaffney: I Hadn’t Had a Bath in 20 Years!
My friend and frequent guest blogger Michael had a medical emergency this week. I’ll let him tell you. But even before the situation passed, so to speak, I asked him if he might want to write about...
View ArticleGuest Blogger, Gretchen Meinhardt
I don’t wade into political topics all that often. I’ll just say it’s not my particular area of expertise and leave it at that. But I do want to share the story of a family. I’ve known Gretchen...
View ArticleGuest Blogger, Vanessa Brook: Felt Like the Missing Link
A couple of days ago, after my friend Paul graciously allowed me to share his “open letter to the 1990 graduating class of Ashland Middle School”, it occurred to me that there are a lot of bullying...
View ArticleGuest Blogger, Linda Bailey Walsh: There are Many Ways to Save a Life
This is a picture of my friend Linda when she was in grade school. Cute kid, huh? I asked her to write a guest blog, to expound on something she said on Facebook last week about the Caitlyn Jenner...
View ArticleGuest Blogger, Hilary Hattenbach: One L or 2?
I want to thank each person who has written and shared their “bullying” story. (And please keep them coming.) It’s been an interesting endeavor because everyone’s story is different and yet, of course,...
View ArticleGuest Blogger, Matt Miller: Sharing Blessings! Why Do I Volunteer?
I received an email from my cousin Matt this morning. He had written a thoughtful piece about volunteering and asked if I might like to share it here. I told him I would be more than happy to post...
View ArticleGuest Blogger, Ab Kastl: Mind the Queue
Several days ago, I asked a few friends to write guest blogs about this divisive, explosive election. One of the people I asked was my good friend Ab Kastl, who, like me, grew up in the same part of...
View ArticleGuest Blogger Matthew Miller: ‘One Team! One Sound! One Family! One Regiment!’
My cousin Matt sent me this piece he wrote about his recent trip, with his son’s marching band regiment, to the Band of America Grand National Championships. I appreciate him offering his insights...
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