I hope all of you had a wonderful Easter like we did with family. Like I tell everyone, we live in this awesome country, so we celebrate both Easters. This week we experience the orthodox Holy Week, and I will share with you some traditions. We don’t just observe it … we live it. We ...

As I write this, we are leaving Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, after a pleasant visit. Lynnda and I left Easter Sunday afternoon for a trip to Florida and a cruise with our youngest son and his family. I’m sharing some of our experiences this week that may give you things to think ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Everyone is enjoying the beauty of spring flowering trees and shrubs around the Mid-Ohio Valley. This spring you will notice hundreds of white blooming trees along the highway, interstate and even in rural areas. Many of these white blooms belong to ...

When Rufus Putnam and his group of men set out to form Marietta 228 years ago, they did a little shopping along the way to make sure they would have enough to eat. Among their purchases was 500 pounds of hard bread and a firkin of butter. Last year I wrote a long account of their April 1788 ...

Time and again, I have written about the wisdom of having a well-written, comprehensive Durable Power of Attorney (DPA), which is a document in which you give permission to those helpers you chose to help you manage your finances, real estate and other business affairs in life. Rather than ...

We can now put a bow on the now-completed 2026 regular session of the West Virginia Legislature now that Gov. Patrick Morrisey has acted on most of the 306 bills passed during the 60-day time period between Jan. 14 and March 14. Morrisey had 15 days, not counting Sundays, following the sine ...