Staff Columns

I’ve tried three other columns: happy columns, light columns, ones that steered clear of the feelings of disbelief and discouragement I’ve felt of late…….

I spend a lot of time talking about the need for transparency, and so I’m going to take this column to hold myself to……

I felt foolish for buying chicken wire. On my family’s farm, we had rolls of it. I’d never seen anyone buy it. It sort……

“Well, what’s your Twitter handle?” “I don’t have a Twitter handle,” I said, abruptly halting the conversation. At least I didn’t have one I’d……

I saw a woman with a Minnie-Mouse-eared Santa hat, smoking a cigarette in her van Friday outside in the parking lot at a gas……

I remember seeing a kid with long hair lifting weights at the Y on a fairly regular basis. His face blended into the background……