There are too many cars out there. Grumble, grumble. I can’t get to the tire store, or the canned-goods outlet, or the movie theater without having to fall in line with a string of cars. Then there is no parking. It used to be only during rush hour that local traffic was jammed. Now it’s […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: The Loot of All Evil (Makes the World Go ‘Round)
Save your money Stack it up And make it reach the sky Rake it in and Bake it up Into a money pie Bend a little Spend a little Not too much Here’s why Money isn’t everything Until you need to buy Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”
Voice of the Village: Growing older keeps changing
By Lois Requist It’s probably not surprising that the village movement began 17 years ago, started by some women in Boston who realized that as they aged, they needed a support system to make living at home possible, practical, and even joyous. The senior population is growing at a rate of 10,000 per day in […]
The A Cappella Handyman: Nouns & Verbs
Nouns and verbs, and all your prepositions too, adjectives, conjunctions, stir in a few – What am I gonna write about tonight? Deadline up ahead, don’t wanna be uptight. Add my favorite soup ingredients too, potato soup base, good-sized can of Niblets corn will add to the view. Fry up some bacon, drain it well, […]
Mrs. B’s Blather: How well are you connected?
Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD and James H. Fowler, PhD wrote the book “Connected” in which they determined the importance of the people, family and friends who are in our network as to who we are and what decisions we make. Moving from the idea of total independence they affirm that we are all interconnected […]
Benicia Letters Once More: He Slept with Her
The following “letter” is part of the continuing series from the unpublished novel by James Garrett, “Benicia Letters Once More”. He does not plan to publish the book but instead is choosing to share the letters with the readers of the Benicia Herald. The letters continue the storyline of Garrett’s first novel “Benicia and Letters […]
A Different Drummer: The pinball remake
Seven months ago I wrote about pinball. It’s a lifelong hobby of mine that I stepped away from for 40 years. I wrote about my history, pinball history, and brought them both up to date. I hinted that I was building up, saving up, to purchase my third pinball machine. Then I dropped the topic. […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: A Ray of Light
A ray of light shone through a tree And spilled its warmth all over me I heard my whispering inner voices Tell me of my long made choices Turned me wrong and turned me right And made me pace the floors at night I am who I became because Of what I chose when I […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “My Everything”
From within a glow, Only we two know. The depth of warmth, Which held hands show. Dancing through life with me, My “Belle of the Ball”, And there to catch me, When, at times, I fall. My everything, So simple, some would say. Truth is truth, Night gives to day. She chose me, And lucky […]
Voice of the Village: Help! Please find me a word!
By Judie Donaldson I have developed a new–and unwelcome–habit in my almost 80 years of life. Can you guess what it is? Oh, that’s an unfair question. At my age, there are a lot of unwanted new habits that are all too possible: having less energy. being less agile, succumbing to naps, not being […]