It finally happened!  After long and very hot summer, the crispness of fall has arrived.  What delightful days the cooler weather make. Wes and I just experienced the arrival of grandson #4, Myles Wesley Altom, and we are ...

As I’ve shared many times, I am prone to wait until the last minute to turn in my monthly column. As I write this, I am a little overdue.  It is now late afternoon, and ...

Happy end of summer / start of fall   (also known as the time of year when we think summer will never end).  I have high hopes of “speaking/writing” cooler weather into existence! It’s a new world.  I remember ...

What a month!  When I was single, I worked for a company that required a great deal of travel. I remember one month in Illinois when I walked into the newspaper staff room and asked WHY ...