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Home Arts Club to meet September 23
The Marcellus Home Arts Club will meet at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, September 23, at the Marcellus United Methodist Church. The program will be Chair Yoga with Sheryle Sage. Roll call will be “What gave you joy last week?” Special note: Feel free to wear comfortable loose-fitting clothes. ###
This week in Marcellus’ Culinary History – August 4, 2025
In this installment of Marcellus’ Culinary History, we’re again featuring recipes from the Desserts and Candies section of the Home Arts of Cooking Marcellus Centennial Cookbook, 1879-1979. We’ll be in the dessert “aisle” for some time. So many sweet treats; so little time. Hope you’ve tried a few of the recipes published 46 years ago. […]
Cal Thomas – ‘Starvation’ in Gaza: Whom to Blame?
by Cal ThomasCalThomas.com In the Middle East, war is conducted not only with bullets and missiles, but also with pictures. The latest are pictures of allegedly starving children in Gaza distributed by Hamas and its enablers with the intention of blaming Israel for delaying, even denying entry of food trucks into the strip. Such […]
Jim Hightower – America’s #1 Populist: Trumpsters Say America’s History Is What They Say It Is
by Jim Hightowerjimhightower.com Has your family visited any of America’s phenomenal national parks or historical sites this summer? What treasures they are! Also, visits to these jewels are enriched by the deeply knowledgeable Park Service staff. And, of course, there’s the extra-special bonus that the Trump regime has added to our public parks this […]
Farm and Food File: “We’re rich enough to support both our poor and our farmers”
by Alan Guebertfarmandfoodfile.com Five years ago, I stopped a long tradition of turning this space over to readers who disagreed with me. Most of those columns, offered twice a year, featured correspondents who verbally took me to the woodshed. I did it, as I explained in each of those “readers-write” columns, out of a […]
Bits & Pieces: Real or Unreal
by Paula Johnson When is a rose not a rose? The rose is the national flower of the United States and many other nations around the world. The reason the rose is chosen as a national flower is its symbolism of love, beauty, passion, and devotion. President Reagan chose the rose in 1986 as […]
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories – The Dreamer
by John Mooy A number of years ago a friend of mine who is a musician wrote a song titled, The Legend of the Dreamer. It’s one of my favorite songs. The opening lines indicate a time that in part has now passed by: Driving down a winding roadThinking of times not so long […]
News from Marcellus TWP Wood Memorial Library for the week of August 4, 2025
Whether you’re hoping to thrive by living off the land or survive an emergency off the grid, you’ll want to check out these new nonfiction titles: The Encyclopedia of Country Living by Emery, Carla. The 50th anniversary edition of the classic manual for sustainable living—with 1,000+ pages covering basic country skills and wisdom for living […]
EarthTalk®
People across the Northern Hemisphere as far south as the southern U.S. have been able to see the northern lights in recent years due to increase solar storms. Credit: Pexels.com. From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: Is it true the northern lights will be more intense over the next 50 years, […]
Contemplation Corner: “At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.”
“At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough. You don’t need to photograph, paint, or even remember it. It is enough.” ― Toni Morrison by Pastor Donnie BrooksMarcellus United Methodist Churchpastordonnieb@outlook.com “Enough”. We rarely say that word nor do we often here it. Less than that, perhaps, do we mean it or is […]
