Two Ways to Do Something

Two Ways to Do Something By Joe Rector I’m not sure when it started, but at some point in my life, I began giving advice to folks. Some might say that I stuck my nose where it didn’t belong, but that never silenced me. All sorts of people have been subjected to the...

Real life is not on a screen

Real life is not on a screen By Joe Rector I heard on the news the other day that the average teen spends approximately six hours a day on social media and games. Most of us old folks condemn that kind of wasted time until we hear that in our days as teens, we spent...

A Downed Tree Sparks Memories

A Downed Tree Sparks Memories By Joe Rector Well, it took 9 ½ inches of snow, several inches of rain, and the runoff from the upper yard to do it, but the old pine tree at the end of the woods finally came crashing down. It occurred at about 9:30 p.m. Amy came into...

Men panic, women think

Men panic, women think By Joe Rector We all know the book  “Men Are from Mars and Women Are from Venus.” Without reading the book, any man who’s been married for a few years can vouch for that. Some of the more heated arguments Amy and I have experienced were because...

Lighting Lives

Lighting Lives By Joe Rector With a snowfall that this area hadn’t seen in a long while and the pouring rains that followed gone, I was feeling good about the warm spell that allowed me to be outside. Then over the weekend, a call came to my wife that darkened even...

Cable news isn’t news

Cable news isn’t news By Joe Rector I’ve always liked the news on television. My generation was lucky enough to have anchors such as Huntley and Brinkley, Frank Reynolds, and the GOAT, Walter Cronkite. Back then, we had a half-hour local news report, and then the...