Opinion
What once was common now often is not
When it’s time to do sheets and towels in my crib, I always think of two people, my mom and my neighbor Suzanne Kelley. Now, my mother and my ve...
Doctor says eat your veggies
Dr. Katie Takayasu still loves a “really good steak,” she says.She just doesn’t think you should let it fill your plate.“What ...
A tale of two worlds
Once upon a time, long, long ago, there was a “Faustian Bargain.” As the German legend would have it, that bargain was made with the devil...
Masking tape raised from the dead
“You’ll never guess what I did!” my husband, Peter, announced.“You’re right. I won’t,” I responded.“I ...
Glimpses of America, 1957
A couple of years ago, one of my sweet and gentle readers, Mary Crider, gave me a large stack of my favorite childhood magazine, Sports Illustrated, m...
The downfall of too much silence
I’ve always felt I do my best work with a crowd behind me.For the first decade in my career, I covered sports. It seemed like my finest stories ...
Drew Hastings publishes memoir
Former Hillsboro Mayor Drew Hastings has self-published through Caleb Hill Press “Chasing Drew Hastings, A Memoir”, a collection of person...
Inflation pandemic in 2022?
The news that the United States experienced an inflation rate of 7 percent over the past year was eye-opening. Layered over with the pandemic effects ...
You can never get enough broccoli
“I bought more broccoli because I knew you were coming,” my mother informed me.You can never get enough broccoli, that is my belief.I am l...
One was in our kitchen and one was on the landing at the top of the stairs in my parents home when I was growing up. They were stationed on the wall a...
