By Dr. Bruce Smith ——Bio and Archives--February 12, 2024

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We’ve all heard it before. We just don’t communicate very well now that communication is so much easier. How about a proposal to use the best of the past and the best of the present to get back to this time-honored practice?

Although we have long been in the habit of thinking we do nothing of interest to anyone else, here are some ideas for what to write about.

1. Weather. It was the old standby from the days when everyone had a farm background. It mattered. Nowadays it affects us much less than it used to, but it still affects us. Writing a bit about it gives perspective. If someone lives 1000 miles away, their weather is different at least because of timing. If we live in Cincinnati and we have a line of severe storms come through, that system is likely moving to the east and northeast. We could do worse than to learn to look at weather maps and forecasts. Have the daffodils started blooming yet? Is that frost going to kill your house plants sitting on the porch? Have you been sitting on the porch? I hear the cicadas might be bad this year. When do you expect the leaves to reach peak color?

2. Nearby events. Did the farmers market open this week? Is it the week of the annual........

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