………..In the past few weeks, the mistrust of Hancock County school system has grown to epic proportions. Whatever trust and faith there had been in both the Board of Education and the Administration was destroyed in one fell swoop with the sudden announcement of the…
by Mark Patterson
And the beat goes on ……Just returned from my granddaughter Maggie’s wedding in California. She is named Margaret after my mom, but Maggie suits her perfectly. The wedding was lovely, the ceremony was held outside on the precipice of a breathtaking view of wine county…
by Mark Patterson Legendary tight-rope walker Karl Wallenda, who took that deadly fall in 1978, once said: “Life is on the wire. Everything else is just waiting.” Had the then- septuagenarian been born a few decades later, he probably would have performed while wielding both…
……Mark your calendars for Nov. 18. From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. the Department of Environmental Protection will talk to residents about the presence of “Forever Chemicals” in Chester’s water. Also known as PFA, the chemical is found in non-stick cookware like Teflon and other…
By Mark Patterson Calmly, I sized up the adversary before me. Several protective layers surrounded the targeted internals. Hoping for a quick, bloodless victory, I grasped my foe just above the neck and twisted. To no effect. More determined, I tightened grip on torso and,…
…….I do not like today. The “fall behind” with the clocks has always played havoc with “where am I and what time is it?” I know where I am for sure, but as a very scheduled person, I have to make hard decisions. I eat…
By Mark Patterson I don’t believe in happy endings, frisbee-shaped crafts speeding here from other galaxies, some fat reindeer jockey who gives a flip about my Christmas, nor that ever-popular protector in the sky-the one who moved heaven and earth (literally) just for the sake…
by Mark Patterson We stopped at one child, and that ranks, hands down, as the biggest regret of my life. I fervently hope that his mother suffers none of the torturous, self-inflicted guilt that faithfully visits me, usually late at night, when personal demons-the ones…