Today's Opinions

When we use our normal English in conversation, we have a mental picture of the noun or pronoun we use for descriptive purposes.
For example, “to,” “too” and “two” are all pronounced the same, but have totally different meanings.
Therefore, consider the word “waste.” We can say the word identifies that which is left after we finish using an item (i.e., potato peelings, worn out brooms, tires, etc.).

When I was young, we had a small population in Spencer County. Even so, we had few wild animals other than rabbits and general varmints. We did have a cleaner landscape as one could drink from a small running branch without much danger of getting sick.

Monday afternoon, I walked into the open house at Seven Counties and heard what is becoming a very familiar question. Well, I sort of heard it.
I struck up a conversation with a very nice lady, and it went a little something like this:
“Shannon, I saw your article in last week’s paper, and your last name is Brock, so I bet you know what question I’m going to ask,” she said.
“Yes,” I responded.
“Well, are you?”
“Nope, not to my knowledge.”