Tipp Talk 2012

"Tipp Talk," a weekly newspaper column, explores life in small-town America. Covering the 2012 calendar year, this collection recounts the changes and challenges, events and activities that took place in Tipp City, Ohio. These recollections are interspersed with vignettes about day-to-day life, including thoughts on the writer's decision to shutter his downtown business and why small-town life is something to be coveted, not avoided.