-Isms: Views on life in rural America

One of my favorite summer events - popping up like a leap year - begins in just over 10 days.

Watching the summer Olympics, the pure joy of viewing the best of the best, has been a mainstay since I was young.

I'll admit, the Olympic world feels a tad bit tilted this year, since the games are a year off, due to last year's cancellation because of the pandemic.

I may have been only seven years old, but I still remember sitting in the living room with the 'rents, watching track and field superstars compete in Mexico City, in living color, nonetheless. It was the first time the televised games wer...