Butch Dale

By: Butch Dale On a hot afternoon in the summer of 1956, my Dad drove me to the Darlington baseball diamond to sign me up for Farm League baseball. At…

By: Butch Dale Have you ever wondered why you chose the occupation that you work at today? When I graduated from high school in 1966, my goal was to become…

Somewhere along the line, the family hierarchy got out of whack. Do you remember when the parents ruled the roost? Yes, I know it was in prehistoric times…pre-1960, but reach…

Many people, when they are looking to buy something, pay very little attention to prices. They just go and buy it! However, most people shop around and check prices first,…

Vintery, mintery, cutery, corn…Apple seed and apple thorn…Wire, briar, limber lock…Three geese in a flock…One flew east…One flew west…And one flew over the cuckoo’s nest. I sometimes think the American…

I admit it…I am a saver. I hate to throw anything away. I was brought up that way. My folks rarely threw anything away. When Dad made something from wood,…

Every so often, when I leave work in the evening, instead of heading straight home, I drive down County Road 400 North, southeast of Darlington…the road I lived on as…

When I started sixth grade in the fall of 1960, I just knew I was going to continue having loads of fun goofing off in the classroom, just like I…

Except for a few diehard holdouts, just about everyone has a cell phone today. Teenagers consider their cell phones absolute necessities. Many parents even purchase phones for their elementary school…