Ever learn about a new nonprofit and think to yourself “I had no idea that was a problem that needed addressing?” That happened to me this week when I learned about Sleep in Heavenly Peace, which builds beds for children who do not have one. The organization says there are 157,330 such ...
“We are homeowners whose entire neighborhoods have been destroyed by fires and we’re fighting our insurance companies while continuing to pay rate hike after rate hike.” “We are small business owners who have lost our stores, our restaurants, to the way we pay our bills for ...
A must-read essay written recently for The Guardian newspaper by Adrienne Matei titled “From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: Why Strongmen Rely on Women at Home” offers an important analysis of what is referred to as the “womanosphere” or the “femosphere.” Matei describes the ...
I like to keep the yard mowed so it looks as smooth as a baby’s bottom. Nothing makes a place look bad like an overgrown yard, except junked cars and trash. I have a two-cycle Lawn-Boy that’s 25 years old, maybe older. I bought it new after years of mowing with inferior machines. Just ...
“The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre,” by Philip Fracassi. Publication date: Sept. 30. 416 pages. In slasher movies, the “final girl” is the last girl standing to confront the killer. Maybe she lives, maybe she dies, but she usually survives to the end because she’s ...
After months of preparation and tireless weekly meetings with my wonderful committee we are down to one week left. The West Virginia Symphony League-Parkersburg is getting ready to bring up to the stage our biggest fundraiser of the year, “Fall into Fashion.” On Saturday, Oct. 4, at the ...
