By Allison Scarbrough
Herald-Journal Writer
CRYSTAL TWP. — Growing up on a farm in the hilly countryside many miles away from shopping malls, fast food restaurants and convenience stores...
By Pearl Flaherty
Contributing Writer
“No,” Bill said when I suggested having an 85th birthday hoopla for him in October. He thought the idea was ridiculous, but my party wheels started ...
By Mary Beth Crain
Contributing Writer
Remember that cookbook I’d been working on since Coolidge was president? It seemed like that long, anyway. Globe Pequot Press had given me a deadli...
By Chuck Mason
Contributing Writer
What could be better than listening to the experiences of one of my favorite authors and a fellow newspaper columnist? There I was along with about 400...
By Amanda VanDyke
Contributing Writer
It was a beautiful sunny morning with a chilly, jacket-worthy wind and dozens of women (and some men) clamoring for free stuff. It was the Grand Pri...
By Kristi Stariha
5764 West Arthur, New Era
I am a teacher. I often tell my students to keep their eyes open, to always keep learning. But sometimes I forget my own teaching. Sometimes m...