Connections made the goal irrelevant
My friend, Anita, is felting up a storm.Philip is cooking something new and posting a photo of it every day. Megan is reading Shakespeare...
Wallis is voice county’s past
Editor’s Note — The following was written to Highland County Historical Society member John Glaze upon the author, Christopher S. Duckworth, learning that longtime...
Can we change our stars?
When I was born into this world, I grew up being the average kid. My parents remained married for 40-plus years until my father’s...
‘Give thanks in all circumstances’
“He preached as a dying man to dying men.” The Rev. John Burns’ congregation in Lawrence, Massachusetts knew he was suffering from a fatal...
No courage to seek the cure
When I was growing up decades ago, I used to laugh at some of the crazy headlines on the tabloids as my mother and...
A slice of Election Day pizza
The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November means something special to everyone working in a newspaper newsroom.It means Election Day pizza arrives!Admittedly,...
Five pounds of canine cuteness
There are few things that can excite an 11- and 9-year-old more than the impending arrival of their first pet that doesn’t live in...
Some things may be clearing up
Mark Twain once said, “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles...
It’s time for the turmoil to end
At a local Veterans Day event this week, someone made the comment that, despite all the turmoil in our nation these days, more than...
Nothing like freshly baked bread
“I’m going to bake bread!” my husband, Peter, announced.Inwardly, I said, “Oh, no.”Baking bread is not easy — until it is. Every person I...
