Opinion
It's Labor Day - Get off the Computer!
Yep, as usual, I've been plugging stories onto the website for the email today and it hit me, that most of the world is enjoying a day off today. Some with family, some with friends. So I did somethi...
A Lousy, Rotten, Good Day
I hope I'm the only one that has one of these once in a while. Last week it was one of those days. Nothing particular triggered it, but it was a day of reflection and that was not a good thing t...
Shut the front door...or don't
I knew as soon as I shut the door and closed my hand around my keys that I did it again. I grabbed my camera, my list, yes my handwritten list which I USUALLY leave on the table and then I locke...
Ya did it now, you broke the internet, well, the website anyway....
We haven't had this problem for a long time, so it was difficult to decide what was going on. All I could tell my tech guy was, "I can't get on to the website! HELP!" I told him what I could see on m...
Journal Entry: Vinton Sesquicentennial
Well now, you can't say that Vinton doesn't know how to throw a party!The exhaustion I feel tonight, er, this morning lays at the feet of one Ms. Melissa Schwan. That gal sure knows how to make this ...
Out of Bounds
Being the political animal that I am, I am naturally following all of the activity as the Democrats position themselves for the Iowa Caucuses early next year. There’s a lot of intrigue and daily ebbs...
Sheryl, the shoes are in your she-shed, maybe
I admit it, I HATE shopping. Hate it, hate it, hate it! I don't know why, it was just never my thing...maybe because for the mom of 6 you can't afford for it to be your thing unless it's at the groce...
Who are the people in your neighborhood?
There are things that I absolutely love about this job, that wouldn't be the part where I have to figure out technology, but the part where I get to meet some of the most awesome people in our corner...
Letter to the Editor: A Person of Color
Editor: The so-called “squad” (Cortez, Omar, Tlaib, and Pressley) say they are people of “color”. Well, I’m a person of color as well; particularly when I was out in the Ju...
No, no don't do it Charity!
To those of you that know me well, know that I tend to think in musical terms, not so much quarter note, and treble clefs, but in actual songs. They say that when a song gets stuck in your head you h...