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Just another busy day of retirement

Being retired for me does not mean just getting up and doing much of nothing all day.Most days, I have an idea of what I would like to do with my day and usually plan activities around one or two things I would like to accomplish. The joy is, at the end of the day, looking back and thinking I ...

Time to predict the Draft

After all these years of setting draft odds, you would think I would know better than to make a mistake.But I did. And got swamped. Money began pouring in on one player immediately.I was careless with the odds, but not with the player I expected.If you recall, I thought Charles Harris at 7-1 ...

Can’t get enough of those Spring wildflowers

Strong April sunshine combined with a few nice spring rains has Mother Nature busy transforming the winter landscape into a spring wonderland.The forest floor has a new carpet of spring green and colorful wild flowers. It happens so quickly that one can pass the same place a few hours later and ...

To kids, a fish is a fish and that’s good

It’s fortunate that kids think about fishing differently than adults. To a kid, every fishing trip is an adventure. I know this because when I was a kid, our neighbor, Art Thomas, worked at the pipeline compressor station (then known as Texas Eastern) at Lemont Furnace. As an employee, Art ...

Mahal big winner in WWE shakeup

After the first full week with the WWE superstar shakeup, the big winner is Jinder Mahal.Now in his second run in the WWE, Mahal was used as nothing more than a glorified enhancement wrestler on Raw since returning last year.Now he will challenge Randy Orton for the WWE championship at Backlash ...

Uniontown’s Thomas to be inducted into WPIAL Hall of Fame

Joe Thomas has been inducted into The Fayette County Ãå±±½ûµØ Hall of Fame in 2010 and The Uniontown Area High School Academics, Arts and Athletics Hall of Fame in 2013, yet another honor is coming his way from the WPIAL Hall of Fame. Inductees were selected in five different classes — athlete, ...