
Lonny Cain
Commentary Contributor at Northern Public Radio
Contributor at Shaw Local
30 years as ME of The Times, Ottawa, Ill. Retired 2014. Weekly PaperWork column for Times. Contribute Perspectives to WNIJ radio in DeKalb, Ill.
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1 week ago |
shawlocal.com | Lonny Cain
I never cared for report cards. That might have something to do with the details they provided. You know, grades and those little notes from teachers. I saved most of them (of course). And recently, I had to pull them out to analyze them. This was inspired by a Smithsonian magazine article that told me I had something in common with Benjamin Franklin.
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2 weeks ago |
shawlocal.com | Lonny Cain
Let me tell you about this dream. I’m driving down a long stretch of highway, and I can see my future in the distance. I see myself slowly aging as I get closer. “Oh, it’s coming someday, that’s for sure,” I tell myself, pushing onward. Then BAM! Suddenly, older me is sitting next to me in the passenger seat. When did that happen? I wonder. Yeah. That’s how it works. Not a dream. At some point in time, I had to admit I was old. The world around me noticed before I did.
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3 weeks ago |
northernpublicradio.org | Lonny Cain
I could not stop thinking about the challenge I had just read on Facebook: "Tell me a sentence that changed your life for the better."A sentence that changed my life. I have so many. I actually collect them, print them out and display them. Words with meaning — to me. But none answer that question. Not as well as the simple sentence I heard so many years ago when I was in high school, a teenager doubting myself on so many levels. The words came from a young woman.
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3 weeks ago |
shawlocal.com | Lonny Cain
Follow me, please. We’re taking a little walk through my house. My home, like most homes, I believe, is full of displays. Photos, paintings, ornaments and plants. Stuff like that. It’s become a museum reflecting those who live here, including Tucker, our dog. People are not lining up for tours, though. And I confess that sometimes I wish they did. (Note to wife: Relax. I’m making a point here. There will be no public tours.)Our home is our sanctum. Our safe and private place, we hope.
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1 month ago |
shawlocal.com | Lonny Cain
“Dodge and weave! Dodge and weave!”That’s me shouting my life advice for the day. I usually say it with tongue in cheek. I am sort of joking, adding a bit of humor to a basic truth … that life is stressful. Stress spills out over a wide spectrum. Trying to open a jar of pickles is one thing. Mourning the loss of a loved one is much different. Whatever the stress, I am told it does damage. There are days I feel like I’m in the fast lane full of crazy drivers – and it’s full of potholes.
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Who you were is not who you are. https://t.co/prnzMO3kWT

I realized I was getting old when this started happening. https://t.co/dxlNR0z7Rn

What do you look for when you walk into a home? https://t.co/20PcAwXye1