July 18 1974  Sense and Nonsense Photographs are little mementos of past experiences. No other inanimate object is treasured more in a household. Looking at an old photo brings back the mood of that long ago day when the camera immortalized a portion of it. It also settles a lot of arguments. In our family…

1975  Sense And Nonsense “Did you hear what happened to Johnnie? Somebody tried to kill him!” I overheard these words while grocery shopping this morning. I know very few Johnnies anymore. It is a name more common to an earlier generation. The Johnnies I know seem to prefer the shortened form of “John” while some…

  June 1974 Sense and Nonsense As everyone has undoubtedly noticed the prices of everything have leapfrogged lately. There have been all sorts of explanations for this, most of them involving a big word called “inflation”. This word used to mean “the act of filling with air or gas” and it was very easy to…

December 4, 1975     Sense and Nonsense Halloween night has come and gone. One thing I have noticed in recent years is that this one night of the year is usually always raining. I believe there is a conspiracy against the witches, bats and other beings who formerly flew proudly through the moonlit skies on…

Oct 30, 1975  SENSE AND NONSENSE Archie Bunker in “All in The Family” on TV the other night was quite concerned when he inadvertently signed an organ donor contract. He didn’t realize he was authorizing the charity that his boss supported to extract, not money from his paycheque, but any spare parts worth recycling from…

August 29, 1974 Sense and Nonsense I see in the paper under Horoscopes that Cancer people are going to make some money this week on a business deal. It’s about time us moonchildren were given credit for some sense. We’re supposed to be terribly moody, fall in and out of love all the time, and…

Jan 30/75  SENSE AND NONSENSE Hurray!  the nineteen—fifties are coming back. Thanks to “Happy Days” on T.V., 1975 is going to resemble 1955 in style and song. This is my personal prediction for the year. All we need is one popular musical group with sheared locks, and short hair will again be in for the…

July1974 Sense and Nonsense About once or twice a month the average housewife develops a syndrome commonly called the “blahs”. She is bored stiff with housecleaning, sewing and cooking. There is a sameness about everything. Even her favorite soap opera on T.V. doesn’t stir her blood as it usually does. She begins to dream of…

I asked our 12 year old son to suggest a topic for this week’s column. He picked up a pen and wrote, ” We have a small tornado in the house.” This statement is a very good description of our eight month old baby in her walker – especially when there is a hockey game…

Having just been pregnant for 9 and 1/2 months I feel I am a bit of an authority on that subject. It can be a drag but it also can be an uplifting experience. (No pun intended.) I really recommend the condition for almost everyone and it seems unfair that most males are unable to…