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By Ronald Peabody · 1/14/2026

## The Silent Panic of Lost Keys: A Modern Affliction It happened again. That familiar, sinking feeling. The pat-down. The frantic rummaging. The silent, internal plea: *Where are they?* Yes, folks, ...

By Ronald Peabody · 1/14/2026

## Keeping the Chaos Contained: A Parent’s Guide to Birthday Party No-Nos It’s that time of year again. January. The tail end of the holiday season, and the beginning of… birthday season. Seems every...

By Ronald Peabody · 1/13/2026

## A Nutty Situation: Are We Letting Our Squirrel Population Dwindle? Now, I’ve always been a friend to wildlife. A good, solid outdoorsman. My grandfather used to say a healthy forest is a sign of a...

By Ronald Peabody · 1/12/2026

## The Machines Are Learning...And That's Not Necessarily a Bad Thing Folks, let’s talk about the future. A future that’s arriving faster than a speeding ticket on the Interstate. I'm talking about A...

By Ronald Peabody · 1/8/2026

## A Bright Spot in a Troubled World: Good News We Can Use Folks, let's be honest. It feels like every time you turn on the television these days, it's nothing but bad news. Crime, chaos, and folks j...

By Ronald Peabody · 1/5/2026

## The Tuba: More Than Just an Oompah Instrument, Folks Now, I’ll admit, when I first heard about folks getting all excited about the tuba, I thought, “Another one of these trendy instrument revivals...

By Ronald Peabody · 1/4/2026

## The Chill on Common Sense: What Are We *Doing* With Our Produce?! Folks, I’ve been thinking. Really *thinking*. And what I’ve been thinking about is…refrigerators. These metal boxes have become th...

By Ronald Peabody · 12/31/2025

## Keeping America Rolling: Sensible Cars for Sensible Times Folks, let’s talk common sense. In these times, with everything costing an arm and a leg, a fella needs to think smart about his investmen...

By Ronald Peabody · 12/29/2025

## A Time for Family, Faith, and Festivities – What’s Happening This Week in Grand Rapids Well folks, can you believe it? Another year nearly in the books. It seems like just yesterday we were enjoyi...

By Ronald Peabody · 12/29/2025

## The Erosion of Tradition: A Look at the Gaza Situation Folks, I’ve been following the news coming out of Gaza, and frankly, it’s distressing. Not just the images – and believe me, there are some *...