by Ray Lenarcic Gimme that old-time religion Gimme that old-time religion Gimme that old-time religion It’s good enough for me. And it was. As I sit in wonder about the troubled state of religion in America today, I can’t help...
Read Moreby Ray Lenarcic To hear my daughter tell it, and she was there, the six young children who regularly visited the Monroe Street Municipal Pool in Little Falls were “as cute as can be, well-behaved little angels.” Raised by a...
Read Moreby Ray Lenarcic I never thought about turning 80. Because I hadn’t. But now that I’m about to, I was asked by a friend if there was one word that could describe how I felt about becoming an octogenarian. A word? Anyone who knows...
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by Ray Lenarcic One day this past week, while recovering from surgery, I was flipping channels in...
Read Moreby Ray Lenarcic One of the definitions of irony, according to the Webster New World Dictionary, is a combination of circumstances or a result that is opposite of what is or might be expected or considered appropriate. A fitting...
Read Moreby Ray Lenarcic A friend recently asked me, “Who are your heroes?” I answered based on my understanding that a hero is a person(s) whose effort or achievement goes way beyond the expected to the point of deserving to be...
Read Moreby Ray Lenarcic With apologies to William Butler Yeats, there is a terrible beauty about the month of May. On the one hand, it’s a time when the glories of nature abound in breathtaking colors-the pink and white of dogwood and...
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by Ray Lenarcic I love the Fourth of July. Always have and could share with you numerous...
Read Moreby Ray Lenarcic Any success I’ve had in life is due to the education I received at Fredonia State-academic and otherwise. Regarding the latter, I evolved from a nerd-like loner into “one of the boys,” a social butterfly regular...
Read More by Ray Lenarcic The colors of our flag have meant different things to different people. They’ve...
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