Opinion

Linenberger: Hello city of Shawnee
May 15, 2013
Greetings, Shawnee, I’m Shawn Linenberger and we probably will be seeing more of each other.
Birds, plants, ants bring welcome, unwelcome signs of spring
May 8, 2013
What this winter lacked in severity it seems to have more than made up in tenacity. It just doesn’t seem to want to let go.
The battle in my brain
May 1, 2013
I admit I have lazy leanings. But I also suffer from a severe case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. As you might imagine, this ongoing conflict creates severe internal dissonance, what with these battling personality traits constantly competing with each other inside my head.
Siren song of the garden: ‘This year will be different’
April 9, 2013
I think it’s about time I got my hands in the dirt again. I mean, after all, here it is the middle of April, winter has basically done its worst, and the planters out on the deck are calling me. “Come on,” they are saying, “this year it will be different.”
The blackbird is back
March 18, 2013
The blackbird is back. I don’t know what this signifies; it seems a little early to me, but maybe he had slim pickings in whatever southern bayou or glen where he spent the first part of the winter.
A question some find distasteful
March 13, 2013
Over the past few years, I’ve noticed, restaurant servers almost invariably ask me, “How is everything tasting?”
The bright side of a bad day
March 5, 2013
I should have known Thursday was going to be a bad day as soon as I walked outside around 7 a.m. and fell on my tailbone.
Walking in circles with purpose
February 20, 2013
My wife and I came up with a solution at about the same time: find an uncrowded indoor mall to walk in.
Scandinavian whodunits source of curiosity, enjoyment
February 13, 2013
I’ve become something of a fan of Scandinavian television crime dramas.
The silver-screen lining
February 5, 2013
They don’t make movies like they used to.
Son of the South
January 30, 2013
As the saying goes, you can take the boy out of the South, but you can’t take the South out of the boy. While that aphorism hasn’t been around as long as Stone Mountain — which is located, appropriately, in Stone Mountain, Ga. — it’s just about as enduring.
Look-alive minivans a vehicle for humiliation
January 16, 2013
It’s getting harder to remember every year, but there was a time when you could find your car because they didn’t all look the same.
Farewell to a humble servant and brilliant scholar
January 8, 2013
The last time I saw my old friend Fred Krebs was in September.
New Year’s observations but no resolutions
December 27, 2012
I don’t usually bother much with New Year’s resolutions.
Christmas and grandkids
December 19, 2012
It’s really not the same without any kids around, but we are not deterred. This year, we’ll be seeing our grandchildren just on either side of the holiday.

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