Missing my Irish ancestors
Piglet! My Irish surname means piglet!
Like millions of Americans, I’ve been poking into my heritage using ancestry sites, such as FamilySearch.com.
Piglet! My Irish surname means piglet!
Like millions of Americans, I’ve been poking into my heritage using ancestry sites, such as FamilySearch.com.
Well, THOSE eagerly anticipated revelations certainly crashed and burned.
On March 17, we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the wearin’ o’ the green, and on March 19 special altars and devotions mark St. Joseph’s Day. These are special occasions and just about everyone at least takes note of them.
In 1978, I took the first of four driving exams. I failed them all.
I’ll spare you the details, but suffice it to say that you cannot convince a Pennsylvania State Police trooper that a three-point turn involves eight backups.
The Louisiana legislature just finished the special session on crime spending several million dollars to come up with more ways to reduce the violence that continues to plague the Bayou State.
The Special Session on Crime has now been completed, but there are still many concerns being expressed that “we have seen no credible evidence that any of these measures will deter crime”.
You probably crave a break from my patented “sour grapes” routine, but we must face facts: spring break (a.k.a. Easter break, a.k.a. mid-term break, a.k.a.
Not even memories remain of the 160-acre spa called Belle Cheney Springs, that attracted visitors from far and wide to the piney woods of northern Evangeline Parish in the late 1800s.
When Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro engaged in a legal battle with the Little Sisters of the Poor over their refusal to subsidize birth control for their employees, I got very angry.
This is a big election week all over America. Super Tuesday is the name given to the holding of presidential primaries and caucuses in 15 states and one U.S. territory, all who will hold elections on March 5.