Smell brings to mind... a family dinner of pot roast and sweet potatoes during a myrtle-mad August in a Midwestern read more

Smell brings to mind... a family dinner of pot roast and sweet potatoes during a myrtle-mad August in a Midwestern town. Smells detonate softly in our memory like poignant land mines hidden under the weedy mass of years.

How can you forget the last two weeks of deliberations and pretend they never happened. That, obviously, is an impossibility.

How can you forget the last two weeks of deliberations and pretend they never happened. That, obviously, is an impossibility.

Like most endeavors, life is seriously over-advertised and under-funded.

Like most endeavors, life is seriously over-advertised and under-funded.

Records aren't what come to mind. The markets are improving, but they're not red hot. Local employers are still moving read more

Records aren't what come to mind. The markets are improving, but they're not red hot. Local employers are still moving with caution.

This is a one way street. To get to where you're going, you have to go up this hill, and read more

This is a one way street. To get to where you're going, you have to go up this hill, and people are looking at you like, don't you know that's one way?

If you are someone who is traveling overseas for at least 14 days that includes April 15 and you are read more

If you are someone who is traveling overseas for at least 14 days that includes April 15 and you are away on business, you get an automatic extension to June 15 to file your return, ... You just have to attach a statement to your return explaining that you were out of the country.

There is a weakening trend showing up in the numbers since June. It does appear over the last few months read more

There is a weakening trend showing up in the numbers since June. It does appear over the last few months that we're hitting a soft patch of our own. I'm sure that's discouraging to those looking for a job.

These series events are great preparation for the race. It's good to see who's riding fast and who's riding strategically read more

These series events are great preparation for the race. It's good to see who's riding fast and who's riding strategically well.

She hit the ball really well on the front side, caught a couple of unlucky breaks and her bunker play read more

She hit the ball really well on the front side, caught a couple of unlucky breaks and her bunker play was extremely good.