Vice is Way Ahead: What Made Virtue Lose Its Fashion?
The deepest meaning of human relationships isn’t hate and aggression; it is love. We all seek love, and occasionally give it! But virtue is not so popular in…
Editorial
The Old Coot nominates his own ‘Word of the Year’
The “Word of the Year” for 2021 was “Vaccine.” In 2020, it was “Pandemic.” In 2013 it was “Selfie.” Merrian-Webster, Oxford Dictionary and other Lexicographers…
Guest Editorial: The Real Cost of War
“We are creating enemies faster than we can kill them.” I’m not sure when I first heard that phrase. It seems to me that it…
Cars We Remember / Collector Car Corner; The four ‘fateful’ arrows’ that killed the famous Packard motorcars
This week, I’m printing the interesting info I received from Vince Consolo, who reads my columns in several publications and is a true Packard owner…
Maddie’s Meadows Pet of the Week
Hi, my name is Namir (na meer). I see you and I am coming for you! I need a new home and I would like to come…
Love is in the Air
“Love is a state of being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you.” –– Eckhart Tolle….
Kindergarten registration now open for OA’s Central School District
Registration for Owego Apalachin’s 2022-2023 school year for children who will be attending Kindergarten is now open. A registration form and health certificate can be obtained…
The Old Coot is corrected
My friend John was in the hospital having a “procedure.” A procedure is the same thing as an operation, except they don’t knock you out as…
Cars We Remember / Collector Car Corner; More ‘car like’ pickups and nationally known Hudson Garage announces closure
We’re dealing again this week with letters from several readers and a letter from Shickshinny, Pa.’s Gahrad Harvey that included an article that appeared in…
Become Depression-Proof
A recent University of Notre Dame study of 103 pairs of roommates found that negative thinking patterns can be passed from one person to another. Misery does love…