Opinion

In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.” -Benjamin FranklinBenny Boy’s said it there.

Here we are.

I once owned a house on Goodrich Avenue in St.

If you visited the Granite Area Arts Council’s Berge Bash gathering Saturday evening, you may have taken a photo in the very, very large photo booth on display in the gallery.

I’m a simple man with simple tastes.

If you attended the Granite Falls Home Companion Meander Opening Night sketch comedy performance, you may recall there was a bit about the “Meetings Meeting”, which mocked the number of meetings that happen locally.There are, always, plenty of meetings to be held, and because there are a number of people involved with multiple non-profits and organizations who do a whole lot of things for their communities, sometimes those meetings are held at odd times of day, on odd days of the week.So when I was asked to meet with a member of one organization on a Sunday evening to discuss potential ideas for an upcoming event, and how, as a photographer, I may contribute to the event, I, of course, agreed - because meetings is what we do around these parts - no matter what time of day or day of the week.However, after a full day of volunteering - cooking/bartending/cleaning, etc while the weather was so lovely outside - all I wanted to do was be outside.

So.

The Democratic nominee proposes Medicare assistance for home health aides to help people who must care for elderly parents while holding down a job and perhaps raising children, and on the same day the journalist Bob Woodward makes serious allegations about the Republican nominee to which a Republican spokesman says the journalist is “a total sleazebag who has lost it mentally.” There is the 2024 campaign in a paragraph.

There’s no easy way to say something like this so I’m just going to come out and say it: Beyond Reason really likes to take ‘er easy.