If you are of a certain age, the sights and sounds of your childhood summers were quite different from what we experience now. Remember sitting on the porch swing watching lightning bugs in the yard? (Fireflies, if you鈥檙e feeling sophisticated.) Maybe an adult would run and get a jar with ...
Finally, nice weather is here with hot days and heavy rain, although I don鈥檛 think many feel that they are lucky with the rain that we had a few days ago. How do you like it? Should we complain? We'd better think back in the winter when we had all the snowy days and thank our lucky stars for ...
When someone tells you that you look nice you say, thank you. What do you say when they compliment you on what you mean to them? When they tell you how you鈥檝e helped them through tough times, how should you respond? I have a few friends who have lived through much harder things than I have ...
This week Lynnda and I were in Florida with our youngest and his family. We arrived a day early and went to Epcot for dinner, the fireworks and The American Adventure attraction, particularly in this 250th anniversary year of the Declaration of Independence. We know the grandchildren will not ...
A couple of state senators spoke in preparation for this weekend鈥檚 interim committee meetings and site tours at Canaan Valley State Park about what they hope to see addressed by the state and their colleagues. Both Sens. Joey Garcia, D-Marion, and Jay Taylor, R-Taylor, told WV MetroNews ...
Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! The summer growing season continues. The next 2 weeks would be a great time to plant squash such as zucchini and yellow crookneck in addition to another crop of sweet corn and cucumbers. This week I want to talk about an invasive plant ...
