Speak up for Highland County
Democracy is about its people’s willingness and capacity to participate. Two opportunities currently present themselves that will test our willingness and capacity to be...
The bears are always there
The two women told me about the bear when I was on my hike.They were on trail bikes and saw the bear in the...
Under the Friday night lights
For more than 15 seasons it was an autumn Friday night ritual. If Hillsboro was playing a football game, I was there as a...
The power of educational face-to-face
Back in my childhood, by this late in the summer my thoughts would have still been on the tight Wiffle Ball pennant race raging,...
Cowboys, teachers and Father Fix-it
Where do cowboys come from? In my family’s case, they came from a farm in Ohio. My cousins Del and Dana were raised on...
Make Election Day a national holiday
Where are the letters? I’ll get to that thought in a moment. But foremost in many people’s minds now is — can the U.S....
I have been reading to Lori
I’ve been reading to Lori.Lori is my husband, Peter’s, older sister. She has cancer and has been battling it for a while now. She...
Icons called home on same day
It was hard to believe this week when two women who called Hillsboro home, yet impacted lives far beyond the confines of Highland County,...
Endless summer deserves proper finale
We’re counting down the last days of summer at our house.That’s standard fare for parents in August. This year, it’s particularly true, since our...
Can you smell the good stuff?
I was digging through some of my old compact discs of music the other day and I ran across a CD that I had...
