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Letter to a June Bug From a homegrown Ogden Nash by Jim Dodson My daughter, Maggie, was born in 1989. It was a year of revolutions, a turning point in world affairs that witnessed the opening of [...]

If Wishes Were Wheelbarrows . . . Then babies would ride By Jim Dodson Illustration by Gerry O’Neill Twenty years ago, as part of our move home to North Carolina from Maine, I gave my [...]

The comforts of October Cooler days, evening fires and scary-good cookies  by Jim Dodson My late mother liked to tell how, once upon a time, I loved to stand at the fence of the community-owned [...]

Well done, Ben Franklin Bravo And may there be more questions and answers on the road ahead by Jim Dodson Illustration by Gerry ONeill My wife, Wendy, and I are a true marriage of opposites. [...]

Gone but not forgotten The legendary newspaperwoman who changed my life by Jim Dodson Illustration by Gerry ONeill According to latest government projections, a record 3.7 million high school [...]

The sacred month A time to go inside by Jim Dodson Long ago, I decided that November is the most sacred month. To my way of thinking, on so many levels, no other holds as much mystery, beauty and [...]

The ever-changing garden May the work never be done by Jim Dodson The spring gardening season officially got underway this year with the necessary removal of a 70-year-old red oak tree that [...]

Let It Snow Remembrance of a small Christmas miracle By Jim Dodson It’s December and, without fail, I’m thinking about snow. Thanks to Bing Crosby and Irving Berlin’s Oscar-winning song from the [...]

Squirrelly Business A seedy family of rodents drives an old dude nuts By Jim Dodson Another summer is ending. And once again, the squirrels have won. Last year about this time, you see, I made a [...]

Cadillac Joe While his azaleas are long gone, the legend lives on. by Jim Dodson As spring broke this year, I had a startling realization: I may be turning into Cadillac Joe. His real name was [...]