I don’t know about you but I can stand in a store and read every cute sign, cup, poster or printed note carried by a ceramic chicken tucked under one wing on a ceramic sign. I giggle at most of those little funnies. There are a few that I just scratch my head at. We all have minds that work independently. That’s what makes us all, us. That little bit if difference is the salt … [Read more...] about Is this you? Reading the sign in signs
Opinion
Leaching Plant
There are not too many McGillites left, that remember the old leaching plant below McGill. It was a fairly large structure and stood out in the ‘sands’. I don’t know when it was built, but I remember it was there during WWII. There were some ponds of blue copper sulfate water near the building. Some of us McGill heathens had heard about a winter game called ice hockey that … [Read more...] about Leaching Plant
Ely, Nevada: The town that grew me
By Terasa Swope-Peterson, CSW Remembering my Grandpa, George Meadows This picture hangs in my kitchen. My Grandpa, George Meadows, would be 122 years old next may. He passed away in May, 1996 at 94 years old. As long as I can remember he worked hard, didn’t believe in credit and paid with cash. He cut firewood and had impressive piles on his lower lot. He lived in … [Read more...] about Ely, Nevada: The town that grew me
Signals
I have never been one to pick up on any sort of signal. All signals, as a matter of fact. If you can name it, any sort of signal, I won’t pick up on it. Believe me. Turn signals, for example. I for sure use mine. I know I do! Other people though… Well, to be perfectly honest, I can’t complain about others not using their turn signals, because I don’t pick up on them. I don’t … [Read more...] about Signals
Is this you? Reading the sign in signs
I don’t know about you but I can stand in a store and read every cute sign, cup, poster or printed note carried by a ceramic chicken tucked under one wing on a ceramic sign. I giggle at most of those little funnies. There are a few that I just scratch my head at. We all have minds that work independently. That’s what makes us all, us. That little bit of difference is the salt … [Read more...] about Is this you? Reading the sign in signs