Biking to Work in Decatur Ain’t That Easy
So, here’s my dilemma. I live 1.5 miles from my workplace and 90% of the route is residential with a 30 MPH speed limit. I only...
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Some Good Financial Advice I’ve Learned
You would think that at my age I would have known this earlier, but I guess I’m slow. Being in my early 50s and recently divorced...
Water & Main Street Improvements (US 51) Study to Begin and More News
You don’t have to drive far on Water Street or North Main in Decatur to know the roads could use some help. Yeah, they need repaved,...
Save the Nelson Park Pavilion
This is a first in a long time! I’m writing on a weekday evening. This is my second week on day shift, and I’m starting to...
Closing Time
This wasn’t the best week for Decatur. Akorn, a pharmaceutical company, pulled the rug out of its 400+ employees, and told them all to go home...
Summer Breeze Makes Me Feel Fine
Oh, great now I have that song stuck in my head. Well, I survived another weekend shift at work, though it wasn’t looking too promising around...
When It’s Bad, There’s Light
2023 is still young, but it has not been kind to me. Other than the birth of my granddaughter, the rest of the year has been...
Traveling Solo the Smart Way
I’ve been thinking about some travel destinations for this summer. There’s the Erie Canal that has a wonderful bike path, quaint towns, B&B’s, and historic New...
This and That
It’s always at this time of year that I begin to lose it, but I’m going to drag myself out into the cold and go for...
The Impossible Dream
I’ve always said that Decatur is very lucky to have two hospitals. There are many rural locations without a hospital nearby for 50 miles. My cousin’s...
