Grandpa says: May you have a peace filled Thanksgiving. With your indulgence, I would like to share with you a bit of history. While some are out looking for the best “Black Friday” deals they can find, a significant anniversary in the history of “Peace on Earth” will slip past,
Grandpa says: Below are snippets of letters sharing things for which readers are grateful. • I am very grateful that no one in my family or circle of friends was diagnosed with COVID-19. • I was able to keep my job during the shutdown. • We had plenty of rain
November 9, 2020Dear editor; Oh happy day! Dignity, decency, democracy have won the day. The groundswell of excitement and inspirational American unity displayed and felt around the world over the past weekend from the results of this presidential election has put a soothing hush over the past four years and
Grandpa,I am avoiding using meat and animal fat in my cooking. I would like to make brown gravy, but choose not to use the commercial browning agents sold in the store because they use beef extract and way too much salt. I have tried using food coloring but cannot get
October 31, 2020Dear editor; It’s too late now, but I sure hope that the Fair Tax vote went down in flames! Our daughter and son-in-law have portrayed the Lincolns for many years, and Max knows all of Abe’s comments. The two I’m sure ring true for this time, are about
Grandpa,There is a problem with the pop-up food pantry in the park to give groceries to the poor. There are too many who can’t go into parks. I am one. I got to register that I did some bad stuff and came out of prison. Being on the register, I
Grandpa,I, along with most of my friends, are tired of this politics that the elected officials are playing with our lives; this COVID-19 stuff is all make believe. We have an election coming up and I am strongly urging everyone to vote against any candidate who is currently in office
Grandpa,Nice things some have done during the pandemic? How about cute things? Because of my line of work, I have been putting in a lot of overtime. With that, I have been too stressed to get much rest. One morning I came in from a very difficult night at work
Grandpa,Things that people have done during the pandemic shut down? Well, when my job shut down, we all got a letter from the boss that said, “Our business is not on the government’s list of essential businesses. You are not defined by your work. You are essential! Please, take this
Grandpa says:Happy Birthday to my younger brother. I have the upper hand this time because you don’t even know I write this column! But I know that you are 64 years old today and still a full year away from joining me in blissful retirement. Love you, little brother! Grandpa,You
Grandpa,Last week would have been my 45th wedding anniversary if my wife were still alive. She passed away nearly three years ago. On the date of our anniversary I got a card in the mail addressed to her. It was “signed” by (her brother) who was killed in the same
Grandpa,Just so you know, I agree with the priest! (See The Voice, June 11, 2020). That man should kick out the queers who kissed each other. Queers should not be allowed to stay in a house where a man brings kids. Stop calling them “gays”, God calls them abominations. Grandpa
Grandpa,I am writing to you from on the road. I travel for business and am currently out of state on a day trip. I saw a sign that thrilled me. It said that a (fast food franchise) is open for business with inside sit-down service! I got off the expressway
Grandpa,I’m not really sure where to start. All I know is that I am extremely heart-broken. Several years ago my husband had an affair. I had gone through a hysterectomy, dealt with menopause and was not feeling sexual at all. My husband complained that by my not being sexual, not
Grandpa,I am a maternity nurse. Several of us have been looking at the stay at home order differently than most. We are planning to be very busy between Thanksgiving 2020 and Valentine’s Day 2021. So much for the six-foot rule in social distancing. Grandpa says: Thank you. My staff members
Grandpa,I just read an online advice column where the lady was whining that her husband does not lock all the doors and windows, set the alarms, and turn on all the outside lights before going to bed. I have the opposite problem. My other half won’t stop locking everything. I
July 15, 2020Dear editor; Governor JB Pritzker’s graduated tax proposal on the November 3 ballot is in the news. I worry about giving carte blanche to the spendthrifts who put our State into such a financial crisis. Without detail for specific tax rates for various levels, the end result could
Grandpa,Here is a scam I just encountered. I got an E-mail from an address claiming to be from the government. It said that I need to verify my unemployment in order to begin receiving checks to help me through these hard-economic times. Because I am still working and have not
Grandpa,Have you ever heard of putting chopped apples and nuts into potato salad? My sister-in-law did it and totally ruined a family get-together. I was the only one with enough gumption to publicly call her out on it. Everyone else was too afraid to hurt her feelings. Potato salad, as
Grandpa,We, as a nation, are going to feel the impact of this corona virus nonsense for generations to come. Our country will never be the same again. Our generation has felt the vice-grip of marshal law imposed on us during peace time. The sad part of it all is that
