Greg O'Driscoll

Aug 20, 2024 | theblacksheartimes.com | Greg O'Driscoll

“I swam with dolphins and my life will never be the same.” That was the refrain a few days before my family went to Sea World’s Discovery Cove. While my wife and I were packing, she told me whenever a coworker asked where we were going she always replied, “Next time ya’ll see me, my life will be completely different. I’m going to swim with dolphins!”We both laughed. It became something of a running gag. There was something so ridiculous about it.

Jul 16, 2024 | theblacksheartimes.com | Greg O'Driscoll

When I was a kid and summer break really meant something to me, I used to do a lot of travelling. There were the legitimate trips to spend a few weeks or months with my father, but that was just to wherever he was stationed at the time, Texas and later, Korea. The kind of travelling I am talking about was to even more exotic locales: Barsoom, Hyboria, Atlantis, Middle-Earth, Pellucidar, Kregen, Gor, Lemuria, Lankhmar and the lost valley of Iskander among other places. And those were just the books.

Jun 26, 2024 | theblacksheartimes.com | Greg O'Driscoll

Matthew Tuttle, pastor of Beulah Baptist Church, is outnumbered at home and he wouldn’t have it any other way. Once the adoption of Layla (15) and little Lainey Ruth (2) is finalized, it will be 7-to-1 at the Tuttle home in the ladies’ favor. “Growing up in a house full of brothers and being the youngest, this is refreshing,” says Tuttle.

Jun 7, 2024 | theblacksheartimes.com | Greg O'Driscoll

The demolition of the old Pierce County High School is well underway. Here are a few images most of us could only daydream about when we were in school!

Apr 9, 2024 | theblacksheartimes.com | Greg O'Driscoll

I did a good deed recently. The best practice is to always do good deeds in silence, so I wont go into too many of the particulars, but it has to do with books. Anyone that reads my columns knows I love books, collecting them, reading them and talking about them. Robert Williams, the former owner of the Times, had posted on social media that a friend of his was in need of some books. Westerns like those by Louis L’amour were his favorites.