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Posted January 9, 2020 in Monthly News At one time, handbaskets were common. Briefcases (cases originally designed to hold legal briefs) have basically replaced them other than for the use of the term, “going to hell in a handbasket.” Both handbaskets and briefcases are small and relatively easy to carry. The saying about going to hell in a “handbasket,” implied a quick […] Posted December 31, 2015 in Monthly News For those of you who know both of us, it will come as no surprise that Debra and I don’t always agree. As she points out in her article this month, she tends to be optimistic. I am not an optimist, but I do not think of myself as an pessimist, either. When it comes […] Posted May 31, 2015 in Uncategorized Charles Dickens opens A Tale of Two Cities with one of the best-known lines in all of English literature: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of […] |
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