The Old Coot pans book jackets
If you are a reader like me, or if you buy books for others, you are confronted with the old adage, “You can’t judge a…
Editorial
Quality Thoughts Create a Quality Life (Short version)
We need to keep in touch with God’s plan to change the world of darkness into a world of light. Worldwide, souls are experiencing sorrow…
Collector Car / Cars We Remember; Females at Willow Run, Kaiser-Frazer ‘all-new’ car and Saab history
How Ford’s female workforce helped win WWII Q: Greg, I was at the recent Guthrie Clinic and Robert Packer Hospital veterans dedication event that you…
Formula for recharging the soul; Ctrl + Alt + Delete
The soul needs strength to deal effectively with daily situations, demanding as they are, and yet take time out for the self. Souls have become…
The Old Coot is careful?
This past summer I walked out the door to go for a kayak ride on the Susquehanna River. My wife gave me one of those,…
Guest Editorial: Holiday Blues
If you’re feeling irritable, rushed, sad or lonely during the holiday period you may have the “holiday blues”. ‘Tis the season to be jolly –…
A Pastor’s Thoughts: The Holy Family and Today’s Families
Years ago a friend, the Presbyterian poet Ann Weems, wrote this powerful poem to be mindful of today. Into the wild and painful cold of…
Collector Car Corner; Chrysler’s 1957 ‘forward look’ family forced other manufacturers to re-think its design strategy
Q: Greg, I enjoy all your car nostalgia columns, especially those you write about from the 1950 and 1960 decade. I am your age, 74, and…
Giving Thanks and Always Giving
“Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving.” –Amy Grant “Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign…
The Old Coot checks the mail
I’ve used a couple of old post cards as bookmarks for the past several years. Keith (Keith and Phyllis from London, Ontario, Canada) found them…