Lent started a week ago last Wednesday.

Sometimes it’s amazing how things happen.

The Super Bowl game is over, and although I would have liked to see the Colts win because they are our neighbors to the West. But I am happy for the Saints, too.

Here we are back in the Ohio cold after our trip to Nevada.

As I told you last week, my brother-in-law and I went to Las Vegas to participate in a Silver Strike Slot Tournament, at the Four Queens.

Today I am in Las Vegas with my brother-in-law for the Four Queens Silver Strike Slot Tournament, which will be starting tomorrow evening.

Back in September, I wrote about working “Urban Nights” for the Friends of the Dayton Arcade, and today I would like to tell you about this great complex. The Dayton Arcade is a collection of five buildings in Dayton, Ohio. The historic Arcade is an architecturally elegant complex in the heart of Dayton’s central business district. Built in 1902 at … Read More

Happy New Year. I’m sure all of us want 2010 to be better than 2009, seeing economic gains, higher levels of employment, continued good or better health and the ability to travel safely. Hopefully the gains the stock market has made will hold, and most importantly continue. Although I’m a very small investor, I have never given up on the … Read More

I don’t like discount coupons or loyalty cards.

Personally, I don’t believe you can consider yourself as “going green” and use coupons to purchase items you might not even need.

Some time ago, I wrote about an auction I attended, at the company where my dad worked for over 50 years, Zollinger’s, in Piqua, Ohio.

Tomorrow will be Christmas Day, and many of us it will be attending family gatherings, dinners, having gift exchanges, with little or no thought to the true meaning of the day.