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We Were Eclipsed A long time ago — well one week ago — the much heralded “North American Eclipse” came to Allen. Weather forecasters happily forecasted that we probably wouldn’t be able to see it anyway. Clouds they said. I watched all this with a sort of wishy-washy attitude.

THE EYE OF THE STORM Sunday morning at our house is a little like Dante’s Inferno. A great lament goes up among the children when they discover someone else has gone before them into the water chamber. In a few moments I will hear the hum of hair dryers and the shouts of, “Has anybody seen my brush?

A Battle of Words Back last October the Hamas launched a secret "Pearl Harbor Style" attack on Israel. The Israeli people had relaxed their vigil and were caught by surprise as the Hamas launched this surprise night-time attack along their border with Gaza. It was incredibly successful.

In his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden referred to an American dilemma – the shrinking ing Snicker's bar. He pointed out that his Snicker's bar purchase had fewer and fewer Snickers. I'm not exactly sure what a Snickers is, nuts, chocolate, sug - ar, the content of the bar.

I know some of you are too young to even have heard these words (unless you heard your grandparents say them) but they are still fun to say, and for those of you who don’t know what some of these words or sayings mean ask your grandparents or a person older than 60!!

End of an Era The USS Johnnie Hutchins had reached the end of its road.It was an ice-cold morning with icy winds off the bay there in Bayonne, New Jersey.

Back in the ancient days of Fred Flintstone and no cell phones, when he was a young dad and a wet-behind-theears pastor, Andy had a habit. No, not a habit like we refer to today. But he unconsciously used a certain phrase – constantly.

I know it is the height of the basketball season. I know the orange one is the ball of choice for most people during the heat of the NCAA tourney and, soon, the NBA playoffs. But I am, and shall forever be, in baseball season until the last out of the last game of the World Series.

April brings out the fool in me One of the things I miss most about being retired from the classroom is that it has been 5 years since I have had a “Kick Me” sign mysteriously taped onto my back.1. Believe nothing, and trust no one this April Fools’ Day: So it’s just like any other day.2.

Dr. Glenn MolletteFeeling like you have some control over your life is vital for life happiness.Control is not always easy. It takes planning, sacrifice, work and good fortune.Lots of things can happen in life that will shake the earth beneath our feet.