By Lora Abernathy I’ll admit it. I rocked them like a super model and didn’t care about the health of my future 40-year-old self. Yes, through pouring rain or blowing snow, on green grass or sandy beaches, covering a trial or a festival, my high heels have always kept me “up” on things. I started […]
In her book, “Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn’t Enough” by Kay Warren, she describes joy like this: “Joy is the settled assurance that God is in control of all the details of my life, the quiet confidence that ultimately everything is going to be alright, and the determined choice to praise God in every situation.” […]
Like many people, there is a room in our house that has always been difficult for us to define. It’s quite small, but we believe it must have been the master bedroom because of its large closet and the bathroom to which it’s connected. We’ve never used it for that. We’ve called it the “whatever […]
By Valerie LK Martin Courtesy photo The site of the first GoodSeed Farm in Oak Grove. Courtesy photo From left, Steve, Stephen and Maggie Boehme in 1998. Courtesy photo From left, Maggie, Stephen and Steve Boehme in 2013. EDITOR’S NOTE: “How’d You Get Here, Anyway?” is a new series which tells the stories of […]
Representing for the feline fanatics By Kay Frances My cat, Seisan, was convinced that she was not so much a kitten playing with yarn as a Jedi Ninja Warrior with a light saber. I’m sure that in her mind, she “broke out” of the clinker in a blaze of glory instead of being quietly rescued. […]
By Angela Shepherd [email protected] Last week, author Harper Lee passed away. She was 89 years old. She was known for her novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” which was released in 1960. It won the Pulitzer Prize the following year, and not long after that was adapted into a film and starred the likes of […]
By Lora Abernathy Bela and I pose for a picture after she graduated from puppy school July 2, 2004. She was 4 months old. I looked across the park and noticed an older couple walking a giant dog. I gasped in awe at its size, its beauty — and its good behavior. It was a […]
By Pamela Stricker Photo by Craig J. Orosz Around the end of the year, I begin contemplating a new word for the next year. It’s been my practice now for the last seven or eight years. I was inspired by the idea when I heard someone sharing about their “word” on the radio. I […]
By Angela Shepherd [email protected] I have come to the defense of my town quite a lot and even had to do so to my fellow Greenfielders, and I feel like I’m in a spot such as that again. I’m tired, bone deep, of hearing everything that is wrong with Greenfield, especially when it’s the same […]
By Jim Krumel Jim Krumel The Sanders’ family headed into Lima for what was going to be a great evening. There were six of them, ages 95 to 6 months, representing four generations. All were smiling as they unfolded their napkins at the Casa Lu Al restaurant. Selma Tickner was the senior member. Then there […]