Michael O'Hare is news editor of the Leader Times in Kittanning, Armstrong County.
Michael O'Hare can be reached via e-mail or at 724-543-1303 x1313
Best things on sea of life still free
By Michael O'HareThe late Zen Buddhist monk Shunryu Suzuki is quoted as having said: “Life is like stepping onto a boat which is about to sail out to sea and sink.” At first blush, that may seem a harsh reminder, but it …
Dealing some straight talk on Mother’s Day
By Michael O'HareThis is Mother’s Day weekend so I dealing out some straight Mother’s Day talk. First, you might guess that I am a man of considerable years and have no credibility to offer this straight talk to mothers, and you would …
There’s that meaning of life thing again
By Michael O'HareThey are seemingly discrete observations: • We witnessed a baptism in our church on Sunday morning. • We visited briefly with our first-born granddaughter, Elizabeth, on Sunday afternoon. She is 12. • Her mother, Heather, casually put her head on …
Mysteries that slap us in the face
By Michael O'HareYou know those kid questions, such as: “Why is the sky blue?” There may be a satisfying scientific explanation for that one. But then as we grow, maybe in our teens, there are: “Why is anything, anything?” Followed by: “Could …
Sage advice from a life well lived
By Michael O'HareI had a day dream the other day. It happened as I was sitting at the kitchen table finishing a coffee and reading a magazine article. My mind wandered and I found myself sitting there with granddaughters , Elizabeth and …
No need to travel far to enjoy a vacation
By Michael O'HareSometimes, vacations just appear out of nowhere, when you least expect them. It happened to me last Saturday. It didn’t hurt that Saturday was a beautiful day, the calm before the Sunday-night snowstorm. We went to Pittsburgh. Our primary destination …
For the love of all that is Irish
By Michael O'HareNo one goes on so much about his or her ethnicity and homeland than those of Irish descent. You know, saints and scholars and poets and the like, seems they all come from the island nation (or nations if you …
Lack of opinion is not such an easy task
By Michael O'HareI woke up on the day I wrote this (though there may be some doubt among those who know me that I am ever awake) and thought to myself: I will go through this day having absolutely no opinions about …
Some thoughts as we meander through the week
By Michael O'HareMeander: A winding course, as a stream meandering through a valley. A quote: “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” — Heraclitus, Greek philosopher. The above …
Movie favorites that are meant to be shared
By Michael O'HareWhen I was a boy, there were the blockbuster movies – “Ben Hur (1959),” “The Ten Commandments (1956),” “King of Kings” (1961), “The Bridge on the River Kwai. (1957)” I am thinking it must have been for “Ben Hur” (but …
It doesn’t always have to ‘hustle and bustle’
By Michael O'HareHow are you getting through this winter, dear readers? Is it the winter of your discontent make inglorious by a lack of sun – with apology to Shakespeare – or are cold, dark, sometimes snowy days to your liking? I …
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