The graduate

Friday evening, we all stood as the Graduation March played. The 220 about-tobe- graduates of OSU’s Institute of Technology began their march through the door at the back of the hall and I searched the sea of black caps and gowns for one particular person.

Have the happiest of Christmases

Christmas Day is but three days away! This is the time to be merry, it’s the time to be jolly. It’s also the time to be spiritual, as local pastors frequently remind us is the reason for the season. It is an important time of year for most people across the nation and throughout the world.

Town Talk

Stroud Community In Action (SCIA) and AVEM recognized City Manager Bob Pearman its 2022 Man of the Year for his commitment to the Stroud community and the excellent job he is doing as City Manager.

Two two-year-olds

Tillie had her second birthday party on Saturday. It was Peppa Pig themed and she loved every second of it. Brayden and I watched her face light up with the best smile as soon as we walked into her party.

Dog tales

Reno enjoyed chewing on the rubber Christmas toy Kindra bought him a few days ago. It’s red and decorated with the trappings of Christmas and it has a squeaker in it. Kindra noticed that he apparently hadn’t dis the squeaker yet, so she demonstrated - stepped on it to make it squeak.

Town Talk

A big Town Talk shout-out to the Stroud Chamber of Commerce along with President Erin Bradley on the great Christmas parade this past Saturday night. Erin said she felt like the parade was a success and that she received positive feedback on the Elvis theme.

Enjoying some grandson time

Thanksgiving this year once again was really nice. As I had written a couple of weeks ago, our daughter Meghan and son-in-law Terry invited Pat and me to their house for Thanksgiving Day along with Pat’s mother because Terry was able to be off. Terry prepared the turkey.

Hello, Tillie

December 22nd, 2020 at 4:00 a.m., I was heading to the hospital for a scheduled C-section. I was a ball of nerves the entire drive. Tried drowning out my nerves with music the whole way but it didn’t quite work.

Favorite photo

Grandson Bennett was having trouble settling into first grade during the early weeks of school. He’s a smart little guy and a cheerful one, but found himself getting distracted and making, as he said, bad choices.

Town Talk

Happy December! Do you know you have only 24 more “sleeps” until Christmas morning. Don’t put off your holiday shopping any longer. The holiday season seems to bring stress into people’s lives.