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Why had I made the decision to bring my wife, son and daughter to live for a year in the country of Liberia, where I had been appointed Fulbright Professor of English at the University of Liberia?
Tinkering with stuff is fun. As a kid, I used to garbage-pick old stereos and other electronic gear on the way home from school, just to tear them apart and see how they all fit together.
To say that working at a funeral home has had a profound impact on my life would be an understatement. It has changed the way I look at the fragility of life and what happens to those around a person when a family member or friend comes to the end of their life.
We learned the value of telling our stories, how storytelling helps us know ourselves, and relate to one another better.
My academic studies provided the ultimate family vacation.
This past September, a unique fundraiser named Harvest Hand-Up was at the home of Joe and Nathalie Schmidt in Ottawa. During the auction, a beautiful hand-woven tray caught the eye of many attendees.
Congratulations everyone! We have just about made it. Meteorological winter officially ends this Thursday, Feb. 29.
On our occasional visits to Ottawa to visit family, I used to visit Rich Meyers, regional superintendent of La Salle County schools in his office in the Ottawa Courthouse.
Happy Monday and welcome to a week filled with celebrations.
It’s not rocket science! It’s fun. Find a cool area to get into, and get into it – helping out, volunteering – makes our great U.S. of A. exactly what it is – a land of Free People doing great things together and making our great America even greater.
Guest column: Tonight I am sitting in my apartment trying to figure out how to learn and enjoy recent gifts of “technology” that were given to me by my children.
The Library of Congress is, in truth, the people’s Library.
In the boggy murk of history there lurks a weird deal about the old Bureau County Republican. Back in its genesis, it was a radical antislavery newspaper – “Free the slaves!”
“I’ve got a column to write.” That’s my answer, every other week for six months of the year, when my husband asks me what I’m going to do today.
I started this current Year of Our Lord 2023 with the solemn pledge not to buy any more books – UNLESS approved by my wife! I was out of control. A drunk in a Sea of Gin. I needed help.