Opinion

In going through copies of the Tri-County News that I’ve put together over the past 25 years, I noticed one recurring theme. Well over half, I’m guessing, of the editorials that I’ve written end with the same plea: Be kind. To others. And to yourself. The world can be too harsh, and too mean, and…

The past two weeks have been lovely, I have to admit. I largely disconnected from hard news and, when I did check to see what was going on “out there,” I didn’t soak it in and let it get to me.  Interactions on social media seemed to be much more light-hearted these past weeks as…

The girl (or boy, as the case may be) couldn’t remember exactly when, but life became weary. It was a gradual development – so gradual she didn’t even notice the tears slipping from her eyes at first. But because of it, life became nebulous, and more difficult to navigate. The sun – once bright –…

Thanksgiving marked the 25-year anniversary of my career in newspapers, specifically the Tri-County News. 25 years! That’s longer by far than any other field in which I’ve worked. That magical number of 25 got me to thinking. The role of a newspaper has shifted quite a bit in these 25 years, not to mention the…

Old things are often valued.  An old house is called mid-century modern. Old cheese is aged. Old furniture is antique. Old dishes are Depression glass. Old cars are classic. And we all know wine only gets better with age.  But old people? They are just old. (Or seniors, at best.) So why do we attribute…

’Tis the season … for stressing, overspending, overindulging, and stretching oneself too thinly.  It’s far too easy to compare one’s approach to the overall Holiday season (you know, the one that pretty much runs from Thanksgiving through to New Year, and maybe even beyond) with that of other family, friends, neighbors, and TV commercials. Resist…

There are three words many of us agonize over. I know I spent much of my lifetime doing so. They are words with great meaning and connotations, and one shouldn’t take them lightly. “I love you.” It’s an easy sentence to utter out-loud. Eight letters in total. Three simple syllables. Or maybe not. They are…

Thanksgiving is a day of gratitude, but it’s also so much more, not the least of which is food. Oh my goodness, is there food! It is the start of the food season, also known as the Holidays, where eating is akin to breathing, and a variety of homemade cookies somehow become a staple in…