HASSO HERING

So, a tiger is about 6 feet long, is it? Good to know, I guess, but the social-distancing plea on this sign may be at least a little misleading.

Now that we have clean air again, the bike took me down the Cox Creek Path in Albany on Sunday, and the air wasn’t the only thing that’s been cleaned up. The path was too.

Air made hazardous to breathe because of wildfire smoke means nothing to the creeps who want to steal your identity and your cash. The attempts at telephone scams just keep coming, and the question is why the phone companies don’t make them stop.

It’s nothing new that deer wander through our yard outside of Albany. They’ve been doing it for years. Now there are three or four does, with two fawns each, who come through every morning and night. I’ve worried about them. The ditch has been dry for months, and the river is too far, so where […]

The weekend before last, you could get in and practice your tennis on the new courts at West Albany High. Now you can’t because the place is locked up tight, and here’s why.

On a ride Sunday afternoon, I stopped at Bowman Park, got off the bike, climbed a little hill for a better view, and watched a few minutes of the activity on the river below.