Al Batt

Attempt to turn right to save gas proved futile

UPS delivers millions of packages and documents each day. I see those signature brown UPS trucks everywhere. I ...

Al Batt

Pudding would be a nice addition to the fair

I work at a number of fairs each year. I enjoy the opportunity. In a landscape dotted with ...

Al Batt

Guineas gave plenty of warning, kept ticks away

We had guinea fowl that patrolled the area under the tree house. They were of the pearl variety—gray ...

Al Batt

Hugging is sometimes an acquired taste

My family was not of the hugging variety. We hugged only at funerals and airports. And we never ...

Al Batt

Ants’ hard work can be destroyed in a footstep

I stepped on an anthill the other day. I didn’t mean to. There were so many of them ...

Al Batt

Old fridges served as microwave ovens, too

The refrigerator I grew up with had three climate zones.

Al Batt

Pant zipper will often fail at the worst time

I was at a banquet when my zipper broke. It wasn’t just a banquet. It was a banquet ...

Al Batt

House, wall painting is a job never finished

I remember when “don’t let the bedbugs bite” was a cute saying not a warning. My mother said ...

Al Batt

Mosquitos put picnickers on both ends of food chain

I love eating outdoors. I enjoy picnics. When you eat food in the midst of bugs and birds, ...

Al Batt

Sweet rolls taste better when tied to memories

There were stresses in my young life. The bus driver came at a different time each day. He ...

Al Batt

Tall folks have a big head up on happiness

Dale Hurni of Princeton told me that he when he was a school administrator at Wheaton, he caught ...

Al Batt

Making right call about telemarketing

A single bite by a mosquito could provide her with enough blood to lay 250 eggs. There are ...

Al Batt

Weathering the difference between hope and reality

I don’t remember what the theme of that prom was. I think it involved a plucked ostrich, black ...

Al Batt

Preserving the library of the mind

I was visiting a 98-year-old friend in her nursing home room. I was writing down some things she ...

Al Batt

Bowling puts dollars back into family’s bank account

There used to be something on TV called Bowling for Dollars. It was a game show in which ...

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