Opinion

Body Recently I sat down and brainstormed with three of my weirdest friends — Me, Myself and I — and made a list of things that happened in the past year, not necessarily related to or because of the coronavirus or the 2020 Election.

Body * I read an Instagram post asking about when you were growing up if you went to bowling alleys, skating rinks or drive-ins for fun. Yes! I did!

Body Last year at this time, we were all telling each other “Happy New Year!” Little did we know what was to come in that new year. I know I had looked forward to the year 2020 because it just seemed like a really fun, cool number.

Body THIS AND THAT * If you haven’t watched the TV series “Yellowstone,” I highly recommend it. And if you were fortunate enough to find out in time to record all of them, the entire three seasons were shown continuously on the Paramount TV station during the Christmas weekend!

Body Dear Senator Pat Roberts: This letter began as a sincere, succinct and timely thank you for providing passes to this autumn’s Preview event surrounding the dedication of the new Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Body Probably most of us think of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” as a novelty song. A lot of people even link this old Christmas carol with other nonsensical numbers such as “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” or “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.

Body * “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’” is one of the first country songs that made it on my all-time favorite music list. Country music star Charley Pride had such a melodic voice and now he can sing to all the angels in Heaven. My Mom will be right up front for that concert.

Body Even though “Silent Night” has been recorded more than any other song in history, the fact that we know it at all is a miracle.

Body “And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger because there was no room for them at the inn. And there were in the same country Shepherds, abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

Body Dear Editor: Thanks to the Rooks County Historical Society for the new series honoring veterans. The stories of the Civil War veterans provide details about some of our earliest pioneers.