Don’t hibernate … educate
Dreading the onset of winter and your tendency to sleep more, eat comfort foods, and gain a few pounds? Bored with the same circle...
Joys and woes of salt rising bread
Editor’s Note: While regular columnist Gloria Yoder is taking a week off to settle in with her two new foster Children, I reached out...
Gift of life
One morning I woke up startled because I heard the words, “poverty is a life without God.” Poverty is a lack of the means...
‘Tis the season to be giving
Well, friends, we have made it. We are right in the thick of the upcoming holiday season as we have turned the calendar over...
How to love stepgranchildren
Dear Grandparenting: It was hard enough keeping my wits about me as the grandmother to five growing grandkids that are usually going off in...
Voting matters — and not just every four years
At some point along the way, our democratic right to have our voices heard became kind of like figure skating or gymnastics … something...
A kumquat by any other name…
As someone whose picture hangs in the Baskin Robbins Hall of Fame for eating a record amount of Rocky Road ice cream at one...
Protecting Ohio seniors from rising healthcare cost
Ohio seniors’ medical costs are too high — and unless Congress acts now, they’ll face a tax hike next year on top of that.Even...
Platitudes and glittering generalities
We are living in strange times. Virtual money, virtual friends, virtual reality. And regrettably, we are currently burdened with virtual leaders and virtual health...
Forgetting or remembering?
“It’s not forgetting that heals. It’s remembering,” according to Johnny in East Tennessean Amy Greene’s first novel, “Bloodroot.”Most who opt to read my column...