Lakeville Journal Opinion/Viewpoint

We have to make our own macaroni salad, I guess

You have to try to find a little humor in these troubled times, so I’ve been noticing the wacky ways people are behaving in the name of staying safe.

As a student of history, Governor Lamont probably knows that emperors in ancient Rome didn’t have to be very good to stay in power as long as they amply compensated their legions.

About 30 years ago I was co-authoring a book with a CEO of a multi-million-dollar private company, and he informed me that he was going on the board of a larger public company at the behest of its two new controlling owners, clients of his, and that they had decided to take salaries of just $1 apiece per year and tie the rest of their compensati

Even as Connecticut and New York experience a respite from the ravages of the coronavirus, we in the Northwest Corner can’t help but feel for the states that are now hot spots, just as our state and neighboring N.Y.

Thank you, Mr. Krupa, and all at Housatonic Valley Reg. High School

 100 years ago ­— 1920

SALISBURY — Mr. and Mrs. Paul Parsons and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Ashman and daughter Edna motored to Hartford last Sunday.

ORE HILL — Miss Victoria Laviski has the mumps.

LIME ROCK — Several from here attended the hash supper in Canaan Wednesday night.

My name is Elsie and I am a 4-year-old Labrador Retriever. I realize that this may sound callous and tone deaf, but I am living the dream. This is a golden age for canine companions or, for the unenlightened, pets. I know I’m lucky. I’ve heard some loose talk about the terrible fate of animals left behind during Hurricane Katrina.