(A song, to the tune of Winter Wonderland)Going away is John KellyHe took a swift kick to the bellyYou'd think it takes a real chumpTo want to join up…

Having a cold is a pretty nostalgic experience for me. It seems like during my childhood I was often sick around the holidays. I contracted most of the…

A fresh covering of snow is something I find invigorating every time. Snow has a way of converting a drab, overly familiar landscape into an exciting…

Kids are putting on their costumes, candy’s waiting by the doorThere are tombstone decorations in the yardSkeletons and ghosts are posed to give their…

We were chatting at my house the other day about Halloween. We do a bit of decorating for it - nothing fancy like they do in College Hill, but a few…

So wife and I spent a few days out of town recently, which meant we had to deal with that most gut-wrenching and fretful of all issues: What do we do with…

I’m trying to stay optimistic, weather-wise, but my favorite annual event is coming up in less than two weeks in Winfield...Listen to the rhythm of the…

“Life is not a spectator sport. If you’re going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you’re wasting your…

I’ll never forget the evening I performed Chopin’s “Etude in G# minor, Opus 25,” on a $75,000 banjo gifted to me by Earl Scruggs. My concert was a command…

“Everybody wants to go to heaven. But nobody wants to die.” I’m not sure which blues singer first came up with that line, but it certainly has the ring of…