To the editor: The future of farming isn’t on the horizon; it’s already here. That message was made clear at this year’s Farmfest, which hosted a panel featuring a local content creator and representatives from Corteva and TerraClear. Their conversation demystified the emerging benefits ...
August is National Wellness Month, a time to focus on self-care, stress management, and building healthy habits that support overall well-being. In our busy lives, it’s easy to put ourselves last, but caring for our physical, mental, and emotional health is essential—not a luxury. Even ...
It’s always a bit unsettling when you notice something is empty, right? Or is it an opportunity for further enrichment? Back in the day when I was attending college in Lafayette, Louisiana, we planned a road adventure to see the Grand Canyon. Not familiar with the desert southwest, I ...
It’s been a summer. Not a particularly warm or stable one, but it’s been a summer, and that means in these northern latitudes that the season is perhaps the most fleeting of the four we receive in a given year. Sure, by writing about it and turning these thoughts into the reality of black ...
The blue Helldiver — a WW II single-engine dive bomber — was taxiing placidly down the runway when its wing abruptly dipped. The airplane came to a halt at an unsettling angle. Its right wheel had strayed off the paved runway and onto its border, which had been turned into mush by a lengthy ...
Every summer our community celebrations prove that we’re a nation composed mostly of immigrants. We have the Danish Aebleskiver Days in Tyler, Belgian American Days in Ghent, and Polska Kielbasa Days in Ivanhoe. Events with an ethnic element conclude in September with Boxelder Bug Days in ...