Butch Dale

 I don’t know about you, but sometimes I just can’t get certain songs out of my noggin. Now, I’m not talking about a song that I just heard, but instead,…

Many people my age now try to watch what they eat and try to find foods that are considered more healthy. I looked online to see what foods are considered…

  I was heading home from a ballgame recently and stopped at a gas station to buy my weekly lottery ticket. While the attendant ran my “not-so-lucky” numbers through the…

In my last column I listed a few guidelines for men who have reached the age of 70. Now here are some suggestions for women who are in the same…

   Several of my friends and a few former classmates now head to Florida during the winter months. I’m assuming the main reason is to escape the cold weather. I…

There were no large creeks near our farm when I was growing up in the 1950s and ’60s, although there were a few small streams here and there. Sugar Creek,…

   My youngest son, who is a police officer in Frankfort, Ind., brought his three kids to visit last week. He spent quite a bit of time with the child…

   “I know what makes a Grandma grand–she always has a treat, A cookie or a piece of cake or apple pie to eat, And when we go to visit…

   Some things never change. The following poem was written by Edgar Guest in 1924 . . .    “My grandpa is the finest man, Except my pa…My grandpa can,…

   When I was a youngster, I didn’t realize how fortunate I was that my Dad was a farmer. It wasn’t just that I lived on a farm, which was…