By Patrick Wood Publisher Dear Reader, On Friday, May 31, our company, Multi Media Channels (MMC) bought the Tomahawk Leader weekly newspaper and its affiliated shopper from Larry and Kathy Tobin. This was the latest chapter in a decades-long relationship between the Tobin and Wood families. Larry and Kathy reported the news of the Tomahawk …
By Patrick Wood Publisher Dear Reader, My middle age is over and I stand at the gate of the last leg of my journey. When I was younger, I wanted to climb the mountains before me and reach the top. And now, here I am – some mountains climbed, others attempted, and still others glimpsed in …
By Patrick Wood Publisher Dear Reader, Memorial Day is today. We all need to take a moment out of the busyness of life and think of the many Americans who fought and died for our Country and for the principles we as a people stand. We and the generations who follow us owe a tremendous debt to those …
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By Patrick Wood Publisher Dear Reader, May 12 was Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day is right around the corner in June. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are a shout-out to all those moms and dads who give tirelessly to their children. Raising kids is a higher and truer calling than just about any other. Teaching …
By Patrick Wood Publisher Dear Reader, Yesterday afternoon I visited the widow and three adult children of my friend, Uncle Bill. The children had flown in for his funeral. I shared with them the words I had written about him, which are printed below, and then we gathered together to hug, with a tear or two as we felt …
By Patrick J. Wood Publisher Dear Readers, A few days ago, my 12-year old grandson, Dylan, beat me for the first time in chess. I began teaching Dylan how to play chess when he was four years old, just as I had done with his own mother years ago when she was a little girl. …
By Patrick J. Wood Publisher Dear Reader, This week is Holy Week. For some, this is an opportunity for rebirth or purification – recognition of past ill-deeds with the resolution to try harder in the times to come. It’s probably coincidental with the advent of spring which features physical similarities in that we shed the cold, snowy burdens of winter for …
By Patrick J. Wood Publisher Dear Reader, As I write this, I see snowflakes swirling in the breeze, marking winter’s last-ditch attempt to keep us in its clutches. It’s a tug-of-war, and while we think we know the outcome – sunshine, green shoots of life in our Wisconsin fields and forests, maybe even temperatures above freezing – we don’t know when these …
By Patrick J. Wood Publisher Dear Reader, Marcus Tullius Cicero is one of the greats. I’ve been reading “De Amicitia,” his essay on friendship, and it has me thinking about what friendship means to me. Cicero wrote that an old friendship, like a fine wine, becomes more delightful with the passing of time, and that a life full of power …
By Patrick J. Wood Publisher Dear Reader, Poetry may not be as popular as it once was in comparison to other literary genres. Stories of murder, mayhem and mystery fly off the shelves, while poetry is often times overlooked. Yet it has much to offer. I came to appreciate poetry later in life when I was introduced …
