Hail to the Chief! Fond Memories of Warren Grams

‘Chief’ Warren Grams had been around for quite sometime. As it turned out, 86 years. And those were good years, well spent, but I wasn’t quite ready to say goodbye. He and I had become good buddies, and now I have one less friend to help me through...

Ann Graves, a Life Well-Lived

She was leading a genteel life with her loving daughter, her best friend Bonnie, her indefatigable dog Daisy, extended family and many cherished friends and neighbors…

My Recent Hip Replacement, and Other Frightful Tales

The X-rays didn’t look good. In fact they made me cringe. My right hip ball and socket were scraping bone on bone. No wonder I was experiencing pain and walking like Grandpa McCoy. My surgeon, Dr. Bill “Spider” Webb, suggested that I needed Total Hip...

ESSAY: Come Let Me Love You

They purchased a nifty wheelchair accessible van; they call it the Silver Pickle. Chris claims he’s gonna paint flames on the sides…