My dear wife Janice is my favorite redhead. She wouldn't be a bit jealous to know that I have a favorite blonde as well, mainly because that blonde is now in her 90s -- in human years, at least. She exists only in the folds of the funny papers where she is perpetually a young, vibrant, 40ish beauty with a loving husband and two great kids. If you're as avid a reader of the comics as I am, you are probably aware that my favorite blonde -- and her bumbling beau as well -- are celebrating a very important anniversary.
Our October Issue
MOM'S MUCKY MEDICINES
Her patients weren't always thrilled with her cures, but they usually did the trick.
ANYTHING FOR HALLOWEEN?
That's the question that rang out in one Philadelphia neighborhood when young hoboes and princesses took to the streets.
FARM ROADS OF HEAVEN
Surely our beloved dogs will be there to meet us!
Dear Friends of the Good Old Days,
I was born on Columbus Day. That is Oct. 12, regardless as to what the calendar might say today. This year my calendar says Monday, Oct. 11, is observed as Columbus Day. When they first came up with the idea of Monday federal holidays, the calendars at least listed when the "traditional" date was. My calendar this year doesn't note that the anniversary of the date the great explorer landed in the...
A Note for Teacher
My little sister, Jennie, hated to get out of bed in the morning. Jennie and I attended school in Brooklyn, N.Y., in the 1940s. That was a long time ago, but I can still hear Mama's voice.
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