Lynnda and I were at the reception prior to the Speaker Hall of Fame Banquet at this year’s Influence, the National Speakers Association’s annual conference in Phoenix. We met Neerja from India. She is a generational diversity speaker helping companies to better understand employees from ...
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Oct. 4, 2024. *** Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners. This week I want to talk about goldenrod, (genus Solidago). Driving through the countryside in autumn, you cannot help but see the tall, flowing yellow flowers of this ...
As we age, we all slow down to some degree, and if you are moving slower, you are likely taking more time to notice what is going on around you. For many of us, that means you take a larger interest in birds. Go ahead and admit it. You now wonder more about what is chirping outside your ...
They say that heat makes people cranky, and it sure seems like tempers and egos are clashing all over the place within West Virginia state government. Take the recent drama over the Legislative Economic Development Assistance grant program, the reincarnation of the former Budget Digest, where ...
A GREAT WALKING MATCH To be Held in this City on March Seventh, Eighth and Ninth [1889]. A fifty-hour go-as-you-please walking match has been arranged to be held at the Rink in this city on the dates mentioned above, next Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Mr. M. Hearne, of Wheeling, will be ...
It’s always good to be reminded you’re not writing in a bubble. When I wondered last week whether a couple of members of Congress had asked the Property and Environment Research Center how much money might be raised by an across-the-board $5 increase to entry fees at our national parks, I ...
