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A Grin at the End: It’s what you do in a small town

May 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

[caption id="attachment_41" align="alignright" width="300"] Carl Sampson[/caption] By Carl Sampson I don’t know how many rock music fans are among the readers of this column, but I’d bet there are one or two. Or ten thousand. I was thinking the other day about John ...

Madeline’s Adventures: Discovering Cozumel – A slower pace, a sandy beach and charm

April 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Madeline Lau Marin-Foucher The man I married is from a small island in southeastern Mexico, an island so small and out-of-the way it’s unknown by many Mexicans, let alone North Americans. That is, unless you’ve been on a cruise there, ...

A Grin at the End: Cool, dude. ‘Free’ iPhone

April 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Carl Sampson I’ve never been accused of being hip. Or trendy. Or cool — or anything else associated with modern society. Even my mother claimed that when I was a teenager I was “17 going on 70.” Well, that was before. I ...

Madeline’s Adventures: Whirlwind romance – 1912 Summer picnic-themed wedding

March 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Madeline Marin-Foucher  Dearest readers, When last we met, I had woven for you a beautiful love story filled with mystery and intrigue, drama, love struck tears, and many cross-country flights. I had wowed you with my sparkling romanticism and left you with ...

A Grin at the End: Breaking the law to flap my jaw

March 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

<em><a href="http://ourtownlive.com/ourtown/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/carl-sampson1.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-99" title="carl-sampson1" src="http://ourtownlive.com/ourtown/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/carl-sampson1-300x160.jpg" alt="Carl Sampson" width="300" height="160" /></a>By Carl Sampson</em> I’m pretty sure I broke the law today. Yep, I and thousands of other drivers who picked up their cell phones broke a state law against yacking while ...

A Grin at the End: Time to admit… She’s always right

February 2013 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Carl Sampson By and large, I think mothers are under appreciated. I can just see approximately half of the readers of this column nodding in agreement. Though I’ve never personally been a mother, I do know that good mothers are in ...

A Grin at the End: Guidelines for life

December 2012 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Carl Sampson I’m not much for New Year’s resolutions. To me, a resolution is something I’d like to do during the New Year but probably won’t. Like the four times I resolved to lose 30 pounds. Or the time I resolved either to ...

A Grin at the End: What a teen taught me

December 2012 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Carl Sampson We have been lucky enough to host an exchange student for the past couple of months. He will be with us through the end of the school year. His name is Tak and he’s from Japan. Tak is a fairly ...

A Grin at the End: The impact of a moment

November 2012 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Carl Sampson A plain, brown manila envelope arrived in the mail the other day. In it was a spiral-bound book titled The Crash of 44-87741. The book was about the time I almost died. I should back up a bit in telling ...

A Grin at the End: Repeat please, compromise

October 2012 Posted in Columnists & Opinion | Comments Off

By Carl Sampson Hang in there. In just a little over a month, it’ll all be over, including the shouting. Yep, once Election Day has passed, we can all return to civility. And, hopefully, we can find enough class to regroup and come ...