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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Trick or Treat
Boo! Did I scare you? I love Halloween. I have so many fun memories of trick or treating as a child and taking my own little monsters out as an adult. When my kids were little, I used to work … Continue reading
Daytime TV is weird
I missed a day of work this week because I wasn’t feeling well. I slept a portion of the early hours away, but noisy construction next door had me setting up a nest on the couch by mid-morning. The living … Continue reading
A sad anniversary
Back in October 2004, I had only been part of the Daily Globe staff for two and a half months and had already covered crime stories about stabbings, a bank robbery, the sentencing of a murderer and things like bounced … Continue reading
Tagged anniversary, sad, shane, trauma
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Looking for faces of diabetes
When my youngest son Matt was in early elementary school, he would occasionally come home with a long face and big, sad eyes — his hang-dog look. “How was school, bud?” I would ask. Because I recognized the signs, I … Continue reading
Sex offender costs
I receive a ton of email press releases each day, as does every other reporter here at the Daily Globe. A large percentage of them have nothing to do with our coverage area and are promptly deleted. I get probably … Continue reading
Tagged adam walsh, sex offender, smart, somer thompson, wetterling
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Swan dive
I find it very difficult to believe I am the parent of a 24-year-old. Good golly! When did that happen? In honor of Maggie’s birthday, which was on Oct. 18, I have to tell a Maggie story. The funny thing … Continue reading
At ease, sailor
I was recently paging through a Reader’s Digest and came across an anecdote in the Off Base section of the magazine. That’s the part that features little funny moments that revolve around military life. The anecdote was about a man … Continue reading
Tagged captain, Navy, sailor, salute
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Live and in concert…its MCC Choir
Math is not my strong point, but I sat down the other night and tried to figure out how many years I’ve been attending choir con-certs, band concerts, school Christmas programs, plays, etc… I figure it to be about 19 … Continue reading
Tagged choir, murray county central, singing, stage
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A joke from an old friend
Today is my friend’s birthday, but I can’t wish her well because she’s not here. This makes me sad, but the saddest thing of all is that she died of breast cancer before she turned 30 years old. She would … Continue reading
Tagged birthday, breast cancer, joke, tina simonet
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Way to go, Chris
Way back in 1492, a guy who yearned for the title “Great Admiral of the Ocean” set sail with a group of people and three ships after having math issues and incorrectly figuring the circumference of the Earth. He got … Continue reading
