“Nice can opener, mister!” said the small boy in front of me as I joined the line at the diving board. The compliment went straight to my heart. It was so pleasing and unexpected I probably blushed. “Thanks, kid,” is what I probably should have replied, but instead I stuttered, ...
The land and resources that were here when Columbiana County was formed in 1803 influenced how its economy and industries developed. At the end of the Paleozoic period, about 400 million years ago, the land that is now Ohio was a huge sea that was being filled by sediment washed westward ...
A few days ago as I was using duct tape to make a permanent repair to a string trimmer, it occurred to me that I have never given serious scholarly attention to the topic of hoopie tools. I have written on hoopie history, migration, culture (if you can call it that), dialect, humor, foods, ...
Spread out on a thin tarp and covered with old blankets to keep them from the light, my 2026 crop of Irish potatoes had been drying for five days on the floor of our barn. I was tired and in no mood for more strenuous work, like fighting the other main crop in my garden, weeds. Sorting ...
“I’m so glad you got the electric fence working,” my wife said. “Yay!!! Finally!!!!” texted grandson Lamppost Head when he read the texted news. He had suffered with me through half a day of trial and error, mostly error, getting the new fence to work that he and I and the other ...
“If you write about us fostering kittens, people will know we’re crazy,” my wife warned. Heedless of her good advice, I forge ahead. The dog people will think so anyway, but the cat people will understand. We didn’t set out to be foster parents to kittens. Now it seems the most ...
