The Taxman

I sure hope you all got your taxes done before today. That way I can wish you a “Happy Tax Day!” because the IRS-induced pain and suffering is now behind us. Well it isn’t really behind us, is it? We pay and pay every day. It’s only at this...

The Telegraph is Still Useful

A friend of mine, a teacher, was giving his class their list of vocabulary words recently, and one of the words was “telegram”. The students didn’t know what that was, and my friend was hard pressed to explain it. Now, this is not surprising – I have personally never...

The Temporary Village

For about a week next month, there will be a new village in Nevada County. Like grebes returning to next, bluegrass pickers will begin amassing the weekend before Father’s Day, and gradually, tents and RVs will begin cropping up around the Nevada County Fairgrounds....

THE TEN SUGGESTION

Ol’ Samuel Mosey had been going to the Grass Valley Fathers Day Festivals in June ever since they began over thirty years ago in the 1970’s. When he attended his first festival he peered down into the small lake and saw his reflection that mirrored his coal black...

The Things We Do For Love

Love is the strongest emotion known to man. It’s what defines us and generally directs our life paths. From the moment we leave the womb, and possibly before that, we are bonded with our mothers by this powerful feeling. This a good thing, since a mother is endowed...