Columns

Gathering at the death of a goose

It was Josh who said we can usually ignore this stuff, but not when it happens at our front door.That’s where the Canada goose...

Watching from life’s window

As I breeze through life at what seems to be an alarmingly increasing velocity, it is as though I am watching scenes from the...

Mrs. Green goes to Washington

It was a dark day when the unspeakable black funnel leveled half of Xenia and annihilated our home in the Arrowhead Subdivision off Bellbrook...

Working for the Queen of Lawns

While mowing my lawn on Sunday, I was reminded of the time in the mid-1970s when I worked at Memorial Hospital of Union County...

Consider these when planting corn

The calendar says it is now late April, and I am sure our farmers are starting to wonder about getting crops planted in a...

‘Just the facts’ — as they see it

There are so many choices for news and information these days that it is rather confusing what to believe and what not to believe.I...

Going green … when our system isn’t

Every year around Earth Day, I’m reminded of papers I graded in an environmental sociology class.The assignment was to assess your values, explain how...

Mom, you’re missing the ‘fun’

Sunday marked the first holiday I ever had to spend without my mother since her passing, and it’s left me wondering one thin: Did...

More money in pockets of Ohio’s families

As Ohioans filed their taxes this spring, more and more people saw President Trump’s and Congressional Republicans’ tax scam for what it really is...

The life that changed the world

Being raised in a small Baptist church, we celebrated Easter, but, unlike many Christian denominations, we didn’t spend any time talking about the season...