Cumberland Times-News-- Maude McDaniel - Living http://www.times-news.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:03:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_325230353.html Kings and queens must bow to them http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_325230353.html O’Toole worked in the lumber yard for 20 years, and all that time he had been stealing the wood and selling it. At last, his conscience began to bother him, and he went to confession to repent. Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:59:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_312185920.html History can be fun, or at least interesting http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_312185920.html Sometimes it seems to me that I am caught up in a continuous argument about history. Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:24:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_300002523.html Here's another report from way past 50/60 http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_300002523.html Not many folks in the past ever lived past 50 or 60, so there’s not a lot of evidence around on what it’s like, getting old. From time to time, in this column, I try to fill in the blanks. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:27:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_285202829.html Things curious people really want to know http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_285202829.html Curiosity killed the cat and it’s not always kind to human beings either. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:11:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_270141205.html Consider bugs before they leave for the year http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_270141205.html Quick, before summer’s all gone, I have to talk to you about insects. Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:17:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_256001842.html Just in case I would become president http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_256001842.html These days you can’t help wondering what kind of a president you would be. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:59:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_242215955.html Here are the summer’s worst TV commercials http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_242215955.html Hate to admit it, but one thing I did on vacation this summer was — watch television. Only at night, but still way too much television, especially counting the Olympics. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:20:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_228202141.html Giggling: an old family tradition http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_228202141.html Deeply embedded in vacation, Maude is reprinting this old column from 2001. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:54:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_213235524.html New bathroom tech can be unsettling http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_213235524.html Modern technology is beginning to get upsetting, and I’m not just referring to the atomic bomb. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:01:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_202010143.html It’s not your father’s life, but don’t say that to me http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_202010143.html You know, I really get ticked off sometimes. Well, lots of times, actually, but in this case, it’s when people say, “This (automobile, culture, or whatever) is not your father’s (automobile, culture, or whatever.)” Or your mother’s. Just the other day, in a medical TV show about the modern dangers of sunlight on skin, someone said, “This is not your mother’s sun.” Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:57:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_187185851.html Sometimes, give up before it’s too late http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_187185851.html Yesterday I got a call from an old friend of mine. Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:20:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_171232817.html Just take everything with a grain of it http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_171232817.html You know why old people suffer from high blood pressure?It’s all that salt.You know salt.It’s the stuff that, the older you get, the more you take everything with a grain of it. Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:58:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_158235901.html It’s all in the way that you look at it http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_158235901.html Here’s good news. In England, dogs born after April 6, 2007, will not be allowed into the show ring if their tails are docked. Sat, 24 May 2008 19:23:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_145192456.html Enough of reality: Let’s go for happy endings http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_145192456.html Personal confession: When I stop by the library these days, I head for the fiction shelf. Right away. Sometimes, I don’t even pause at the hardback fiction, but go at once to the paperbacks, the thrillers and historical romances that seem to be much of what I read nowadays for pleasure. Thu, 22 May 2008 22:27:00 +0000 http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_143222828.html Enough of reality: Let’s go for happy endings http://www.times-news.com/maudemcdaniel/local_story_143222828.html Personal confession: When I stop by the library these days, I head for the fiction shelf