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A neighborly introduction to a stranger no more
By JANELLYN CORNACCHIONE - After the Classroom
Sat,06/01/24-10:00AM , 2,174 Reads
The house has stayed empty for years. The only tell-tale signs that someone’s tending to it are an occasional car parked out front and a Hefty bag or two on the porch. On my daily walks, I hardly notice it.
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The water’s fine — especially in your own pool
By JANELLYN CORNACCHIONE - After the Classroom
Sat,05/25/24-10:00AM , 772 Reads
My little sisters were doing cartwheels off the diving board about the time I agreed to swimming lessons. There are two types of swimmers in this world: those who creep in foot to calf to thigh and suspend time until some internal thermometer says it’s OK to swim on in, and those who hurl themselves in headfirst.
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Throwing papers: routes were a first job for many
By JANELLYN CORNACCHIONE - After the Classroom
Sat,05/18/24-8:00AM , 1,162 Reads
Recently, 90-year-old Don Gerald wrote a letter to the Enterprise-Journal editor fondly reminiscing about his first job, a paperboy for the McComb Journal. He was 11 years old when he began his route, delivering to all of East McComb.
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The most expensive jackpot I ever won
By JANELLYN CORNACCHIONE - After the Classroom
Sat,04/20/24-8:00AM , 1,906 Reads
Finally, someone in Oregon won the $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot. And that same day, I read where a former student and co-worker’s daughter was graduating from high school.
Both stories reminded me that I once won the lottery — and turned it down, tearing up the proverbial ticket.
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