Across from the driveway of my childhood home, in the corner of a cow pasture of my grandfather's dairy farm, was a pond. My grandfather...

I don't know if kids today get excited about Valentine's Day the way we used to "back in the day," but we got excited! It wasn't so much...

"I had a little bird, its name was Enza. "I opened the window, and in flu Enza." So reads a little ditty to which children in the 1918-19...

I'm generally not very good at multitasking, performing more than one task simultaneously. Yet, in at least one area of my life I've...

Some days in history seem to have it all. Such was this day, January 24. Events that occurred on this date in history involved economics,...

Robert Peterson ("Uncle Bob" to me as a kid) had four sons--Ross, John, Charles, and Andrew--all of whom served during World War II. As I...

One of the most satisfying gifts one could receive is that of a series of smiles, chuckles, laughter, even an occasional guffaw. One gift...

Well, New Year's Day has come and gone, and we find ourselves looking back at 2024 and forward into the current year. What does it hold...

I recently was reminded of a trip my family and I took that found us far from home in the Appalachian Mountains and stranded in a...

Here it is nearly Christmas again! Less than a week from today! Perhaps for some people last Christmas seems long, long ago. For me,...

Daddy learned to lay brick while helping erect the building of the Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren in Halls. His instruction was...

On Monday, December 8, 1941, members of the U.S. Congress met in special session to hear an address by President Franklin Roosevelt. The...

We all too often get so caught up with the hustle and bustle of everyday living that we fail to think of the many blessings we enjoy and...

I recall seeing advertisements for the Barnum & Bailey Circus, "the Greatest Show on Earth," when I was a kid, but I never got to see it...

Mother and Daddy were by no means financially wealthy. After all, Daddy was a brick mason, and Mother didn't work outside the home. So...

Yes, I know that it isn't yet Thanksgiving, but Christmas really is just around the corner. Have you purchased all of your gifts yet? Are...

While discarding several boxes of old magazines the other day, I ran across a stack of long-forgotten photographs that sparked a lot of...

The final composition of athletic teams is often determined by tryouts. Would-be team members have the opportunity to make the team by...

Although writing is a solitary endeavor, no writer can succeed without the help of others. That fact is admitted in every book's...

Smith isn't very well known today in spite of his coming from an illustrious family heritage and having made a name for himself during...