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Illustration by Wendy Anderson Halperinwendyhalperin.com By John Mooy Two pieces of information that inspired me to write about the nose and the beak.  And this will be the first time I’ve ever addressed these two subjects on paper.    We’ve all been blessed with a nose, defined as the part projecting above the mouth on […]

by Paula Johnson     I saw a cartoon the other day with a young couple sitting in their living room and a child on the floor playing. The caption read: “Between shorter daylight hours and longer times for getting dressed, it’s easier to stay inside.” I didn’t laugh. I didn’t even chuckle. I’m trying […]

From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine One of the most promising ways to reduce methane is altering cows’ diets. Credit: H. A. Essex, Brightwood Farms Dear EarthTalk: I’ve heard that cattle cause a large share of global methane emissions that fuel global warming. What can be done besides reducing or eliminating meat consumption? – […]

by Alan Guebertfarmandfoodfile.com On Jan. 7, the day after Congress certified Donald J. Trump’s election as the next president of the United States, the U.S. “Border Patrol conducted unannounced raids throughout Bakersfield [CA]… descending on businesses where day laborers and field workers gather…”    The impact of the raids was immediate. “‘We’re in the middle […]

by Jim Hightowerjimhightower.com It’s been my honor to know a few real heroes – people who’ve selflessly dared to fight greed and oppression to advance the common good. Diane Wilson, for example.    For forty years, this fiery, fourth-generation fisherwoman from the Texas Gulf Coast has battled tenaciously for the rights and very survival of […]

“We would be worse than we are without the good books we have read, more conformist, not as restless, more submissive, and the critical spirit, the engine of progress, would not even exist. Like writing, reading is a protest against the insufficiencies of life. When we look in fiction for what is missing in life, […]

Did you know January is National Hobby Month? Here are two titles at the library that might inspire you to follow your passion! Ingrained: The Making of a Craftsman by Callum Robinson. The eldest son of a master woodworker, Robinson spent his childhood surrounded by wood and trees, absorbing craft lessons in his father’s workshop. […]

by Willard Robinson, MHS Class of ’49 My grandparents Robinson lived on a farm close to Thompson’s corners about four miles from town.  I stayed with them at various times during my growing up years.  The farm was theirs and they both were hard workers.  My grandfather Arthur descended from Edward Robinson who lived in […]