-Isms: Views on life in rural America

The best laid plans don’t always work out.

Last week, the graduation section kept me busy, but a great column was brewing and I began penning it Wednesday. I added a bit more over the next few days.

It was a doozy. Trust me.

And then, Monday happened.

My Mac desktop decided not to cooperate, even after attempting to install the new operating system.

Five completed pages of the paper were lost. This is one of the pages currently inaccessible until Apple Support and I work through the issue.

I’ve lost enough pages due to computer glitches over the years. I’m quick to hit command-S (control-s for...