by Mark O'Brien | Apr 11, 2022
Grandma O’Brien loved to say, “There’s no sense being Irish if you can’t be thick.” She was right. Maybe that’s why when people say, “I can’t write,” I take it as a challenge to prove them wrong. Yes, you can write. If you can think...
by JoAnna Bennett | Apr 7, 2022
READING & THE PAST The 1970s Were Calling JoAnna Bennett, O’Brien Communications Group April 7, 2022 It was the summer of 1992. I was eight years old. My mother and father – like the members of most American households – worked full time. My sister was about...
by Mark O'Brien | Apr 4, 2022
Applebee’s was in the news recently. No, not for their chicken fajitas; although, Wilbur Freemish from Burnt Scrub, Arkansas, did file a product liability suit after trying to use a skillet for a Frisbee. (He said the waiter forgot to warn him the skillet might...