Springfield Today, September 9, 2010
Good Moanin’ Springfieldians,
I have a scar right at the base of my thumb. It’s been there for almost 32 years. It’s faded; in fact, most people were to look, they wouldn’t even notice it. But I know it’s there. Now, you have to know for even me to notice the scar after 32 years it [...]
Springfield Today, August 31, 2010
August 31, 2010
Good Moanin’ Springfieldians,
Ah! The start of another school year. Kids are filled with a mix of emotions. Excited to see old friends; fearful of new teachers. Thrilled by new clothes; scared by coming tests. Hopeful for good days, dreading bad days. Parents, too, of course are filled with a mixed [...]
Springfield Today, August 24, 2010
Good Moanin’ Springfieldians,
They have to be related. With a name like that how could they not be a part of the same family?
Joyce Workman gave me a book she picked up that was a compilation of what Amish writers had written about themselves. It gave a history of the Amish, their views on many different [...]
Springfield Today, August 17, 2011
Good Moanin’ Springfieldians,
Have you ever made a list of those things that irritate you? I think if I started a list I might not ever stop writing – but that’s just me. Here’s a partial list of things that has irritated me recently:
Traffic jams.
Long lines.
Misplaced keys.
Broken promises.
People who hurt other people.
Forgetting something at the store and having [...]
Springfield Today, August 10, 2010
Good Moanin’ Springfieldians,
I haven’t been able to confirm the truth of this story, but if it is true, it’s amusing and interesting. In the year 2008 and the University of Glasgow Press celebrated 500 years of publishing and printing books. Johannes Gutenberg perfected the art of printing by moveable type in [...]
Springfield Today, August 3, 2010
August 3, 2010
Good Moanin’ Springfieldians,
For months I tried to convince my parents that as a seven year old I was old enough to have a pet. I mean a real pet – not a hamster, not a fish, but a real pet – a dog. I tried to talk them into it. It didn’t [...]
Springfield Today, July 27, 2010
July 27, 2010
Good Moanin’ Springfieldians,
Can you believe how quickly this summer is flying by? I mean, just like Superman, it has flown by faster than a speeding bullet. Speaking of Superman, (nice segue, Fred) as a child I always wanted to be a superhero crime fighter. I had these fantasies of tracking down, catching, and [...]
Springfield Today, July 20, 2010
Good Moanin’ Springfieldians,
Who’s afraid of the dark?
Teri is. I think is has something to with watching too many Friday evening “Creature Features “when she was a kid. She is just sure that if she walks through the house when it’s dark, something unexpected, something horrible, something very creepy will jump [...]
July 13, 2010
Good Moanin’ Springfieldians,
UPDATES:
A DQ UPDATE: After Teri told me she heard someone say the Taylorville DQ made good Blizzards, after hearing the same from a second source; after having to take my car to be serviced at Bob Ridings’ Ford – how could I not give the Taylorville DQ a try? So, yesterday I gave [...]
Springfield Today – July 6, 2010
Good Moanin’ Springfieldians,
The angel told Zechariah to “fear not,” when he was in the Holy of Holies, and the angel appeared to him and let him know he and his wife Elizabeth were going to have a baby. The angel also told Mary to ‘fear not” when he appeared to her [...]
