Michael McGough

It was going to be a long drawn-out process.  That was if everything fell into place perfectly, if all parties involved were in total agreement, and if there were no unexpected complications.  That would be three big ifs in any project, but in this one they were enormous.  From the onset, there were no ifs,

The growingly divisive nature of politics was off-putting to him.  He saw friendships dissolve, family members disgruntled with each other, and an ongoing rush to judgment, that in way too many cases was based on what one network offered as opposed to another.  Increasingly, fact was giving way to fanciful imagination that if screamed loud

He is a meanderer.  When something catches his eye, he is drawn to it like a magnet.  A trip to the store for two or three items can take four to five hours.  Oh, he almost always gets what he goes for, but on the way, he makes numerous other stops.  He ends up getting

There was never any real question in his mind, much past fourth grade.  He wanted to teach history and government.  Fourth grade was a tipping point in his thinking about the eternal question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”  There were a few times when he briefly thought about other career

“How have things changed since you were a child?”  Area seniors were asked to respond to this prompt by a local agency on aging.  The agency wanted to create contacts with the senior community, and at the same time learn a little about them.  If they requested, students from a local college writing class would

None of the three incidents were life threatening, but they all required surgical procedures to set them right.  His general health was good, so he made it through the surgeries well.   Each time he was beyond pleased and felt blessed to get through the surgeries and begin recovery.  Although he welcomed his return home, after

As a talk show host, he had a solid reputation.  He was fair, and he covered a variety of topics that demonstrated his social awareness.  He welcomed diverse opinions, and he encouraged varied lines of thought.  And he possessed a natural ability to put his guests at ease. He developed a proposal to host a

She began her career with a solid education that provided the hard skills of essential knowledge and nursing practices.  For the next forty-eight years she stayed current, and that enabled her to be a good nurse.  She and those she served were blessed that she also had a host of soft skills, social and emotional

They’ve been around since the era of the Roman republic.  Even though the term boss is no longer in common usage, they can still be found in governments around the world.  In simplest terms they are individuals who work to control a certain segment of citizens who are more often than not associated with a

He didn’t particularly like heights, so it was a bit of a surprise to his parents when he developed an interest in helicopters.  When he heard one flying over his house, he ran out just to see it. Fixed-wing aircraft interested him, but helicopters fascinated him.  For his twelfth birthday he got a ride.  He