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Ground bees and mole crickets

By Savannah Tanner Every year around this time, we get questions about nickel-sized holes popping up in the yard by the dozens. Those...

Springfesting and empty nesting

By Christian N. Kraus In what will be a far too-soon-to-arrive next couple of months, our youngest daughter, Sarah Catherine, will be...

The best birthday ever

By Christian N. Kraus Back when I was very young, and maybe they still do it, the other local paper in town, The Forest Blade, would...

Magic always happens in a good truck

By Ronnie Cameron “Get your motor runnin’ / Head out on the highway / Looking for adventure / Or whatever comes our way.” – Steppenwolf A...

New Year’s Resolutions?

By Hal Wilson This is the time of year when many of you who have made that gym/fitness resolution begin to fade and those of us who are...

La Rosita’s: The reboot

By Christian N. Kraus Having spent a significant portion of my college days in the food service industry, and much of that in bartending,...

Goodbyes like this are never easy

By Ronnie Cameron “My old friend, this song’s for you / A few simple verses / Was the least I could do / To tell the world that you were...

Down the YouTube rabbit hole

By Christian N. Kraus This past weekend, Elizabeth, the girls, and I went to visit Elizabeth’s brother, Joseph, and his wife, Susan for a...

How did we get here?

By Dena Walden Once it was unfolded and the creased lines neatly exposed, I could see clearly amongst the smooth paper the map of...

Make Him known

By Brad McKenzie Then David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers and to have them raise their voices...