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A man told me recently that if he was in the company of someone who began complaining about his health, the economy, the weather, or life and the world in general, he just walked away from the conversation.
“Life’s too short,” he said. “I don’t want them dragging me down.”
The man — not sure how old he was, I’m going to guess probably in his 60’s — said if you don’t want to feel old, don’t hang out with old people who do nothing but complain.

Last month we honored our moms on Mother’s Day, and now dear ‘ol dad’s turn is coming up as Father’s Day is fast approaching.
You may remember last month that The Casey County News held a mother/daughter lookalike contest, in which we asked our readers to send us their pictures of moms and daughters, along with a short note from the daughter telling us something special about her mom.

In the late 1960s, while a student at Cumberland College and later UK, I wrote my mom a letter every week.
Mom was one of those “never throw anything away” kind of people, so she kept every one of them.
And I’m I ever so glad she did.
Recently, I’ve begun compiling information for a book, with the tentative title of “My 40 Years In Journalism.”
The plan is to scatter excerpts from some of the dozens of letters to mom throughout the book.
Such as these……

Oct., 1968

At the risk of repeating myself, the Casey County Drama Club put on its best peformance EVER this past weekend as they presented the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “Oklahoma!”
Yes, I know every year I say it was the best play to date, but this year, I just can’t see how they’re ever going to top this one.
If you didn’t get the chance to see this extremely talented group of young people — ranging in age from kindergarten to some of last year’s graduates who popped in to lend a hand — then it was truly your loss.