Opinion
Sharyn McCrumb’s Appalachia in fiction
Being born and raised in Appalachia Ohio, I enjoy reading books about people and place. It takes me back to the holler in rural Scioto County.The Ball...
How Your business can survive the Coronavirus
As the world has hit the metaphorical panic button during the rise of Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases worldwide, the daily reality for people and busines...
This is eerie.Within a week, we experienced a time change, Friday the 13th and a full moon?And oh yes, the entire nation came to a screeching halt ove...
Uncharted territory
The word “Uncharted” means unmapped or unexplored, thus the expression meaning to explore a new subject or area is to enter uncharted terr...
Book review: Hill Women– velvet stones of Appalachia
Book review: Hill Women– velvet stones of AppalachiaHill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains (2020), a memoir b...
Drinking fruit juice does not contribute to type-2 diabetes
We have been receiving constantly fluctuating advice about drinking fruit juice for a long time. It’s been even more conflictual than advice abo...
Based in Reality?
I am always amazed at how suspicious we humans become in the face of, well, everything that comes along.Let’s examine.Communist infiltration int...
Community Gardens That Last
In a lifetime of landscaping, we’ve seen our share of community garden projects. Memorial tree plantings; “welcome” plantings at the...
Come Spring memories
Another Spring arrives in Appalachia Ohio. It’s 2020. Both of my grandmothers reside in Heaven now, but the early flowers, budding trees, and fr...
Fishing is one sport not canceled
Looks like we’ll never know which men’s college basketball team would have been crowned National Champion for 2020.“CancellationR...
