Always something to be gained by attending an alumni gathering. Sometimes it’s just the satisfaction of realizing that you’re still alive and kicking–plenty of others aren’t, ya know. Anyway, I went to the Alumni Days up at Hiram College and only spotted four people that I knew; I think that...

“The farmer in the dell, the farmer in the dell, Hi Ho, the Dairy-O, The farmer in the dell.” Anybody else remember that one? Isn’t there a chorus or something?  Or is that the chorus? “Chick chick here and a chick chick there” is “Old MacDonald’ isn’t it? Well, anyway, I’m planting things...

When The Talking Heads released “Once in a Lifetime” in 1980, the world backdrop was anything but calm. Inflation was high, recession fears were real, and uncertainty seemed to be everywhere. More than four decades later, the feeling is familiar — and it has us singing, same as it...

Rummage is one of those interesting words that can be both a noun and a verb–and two kinds of a verb, at that, both transitive and intransitive (and even a sort of an adjective, as in a “rummage sale”). All of you grammarians out there got that, right? All...

One easy way to spot AI in writing is through something called contrastive framing: it’s not x, it’s y. For example, “It’s not me, it’s you.” That formula can force ideas into opposition, and lately it mirrors the way many people are discussing world events. More and more, topics are...

Some of the most important investments in life never appear on a statement. As Memorial Day reminds us, life is shaped not only by what we build, but by the people we share it with. While we often focus on growing financial assets, it is just as important to invest...

Step right up ! Bargains galore ! OOPS. Cover everything. Garage Sale weekend had its moments–some of them rather damp. Lots of stuff out there to be checked out, maybe bargained over. Lots of evidence of families outgrowing all sorts of things. Lots of families growing into new fashions and...

For all the headlines telling us people are burned out, overspending, under-saving, distracted, anxious, and financially behind… there’s actually some good news emerging underneath the surface. Last week, reports showed that the number of Americans with “super prime” credit scores — generally considered 780 and above — is growing, especially...