May 26, 2010 RSS feed / Irregular Regulars

OUT & ABOUT WITH LAURA

This past week, Howard and I took our New Portland friends, city folk Pete and Lorraine Ristano, to Kenric Charles’s horse farm in Freeman Township. More...

FLY DOPE

Who do you know that looks like David Letterman? Well, according to the Letterman Show our good friend More...

IRREDIOMS ~ A look at common idioms

Phrases, sayings & expressions, what they mean & where they came from

Clean as a Whistle Completely free from dirt; perfectly neat. In one of his poems in the late 1700s, Robert Burns, a great Scottish poet, used a similar phrase, “as toom’s a More...

Irregular Reader Photo

Ready for the big toys

Avery Dicentes, 3 years old, enjoys exploring a real toy that was earlier used to push over trees in his neighbors’ yard. Dicentes’ is the son of Jarrod and Colleen Dicentes of Kingfield. More...

Special treatment

Alice Yates is all smiles during a recent acupuncture session at Mt. Abram High School. More...

Thought for the Week

Memorial Day is Monday More...

ANoTHER IRREGULAR READER IS BoRN!

Gracelyn Meredith Philbrook Born: April 23, 2010 Gender: Female Weight: 5 lbs. 7 oz. More...

Recipes from the Ridge

Get Together for Summer’s First Picnic

Have a picnic on Memorial Day with family and friends and get everyone to chip in and help prepare the dishes. More...

Observations from the F.A.R.M. (Fresh Air & Room to Move)

What is age?

Oh, I know it’s a number, but must we get hung up on that? I’m reminded of my chronological age often enough. Every time I fill out paperwork, I’m asked for my date of birth. More...

REAR VIEW

“Let us all be happy and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with,” a quote by Artemus Ward (AKA Charles Farrar Browne 1834-1867), topped the Feb. 29, 1980 Vol. 13, No. More...

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