Opinion
Reflecting on the past
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one in a series of outreach columns from the Champaign County Board of Developmental Disabilities.It is officially 2022! ...
The tiring part of retirement
While I was teaching, I rarely entertained the thought of retirement. I did, however, observe those latter years of life as my parents experienced the...
Back to the future going forward
Regular readers know I have fairly untraditional ways of poking around on the internet for intriguing nuggets of historical information. I most often ...
On the wings of a song
Annually anticipating The Kennedy Center Honors as the old year closes out, I thoroughly enjoyed the return of the star-studded program last week in a...
Group disputes AP story
On Thursday, December 23, the Urbana Daily Citizen carried an article by Julie Carr Smyth on DeWine’s “born alive” bill (pp. 1-2). T...
Merry Christmas, even if you’re a dog
(Translated from meow to English by her servant.)I’d rather be hiding in the dark woods right now under a pile of brush listening to the neighbo...
How my father and I shared Cnristmas
Years ago my father, for the first of several times, quietly stated to me: “Christmas was spoiled for me the year my mother asked me to put the ...
Seeking happy smiles and peaceful reflection
I keep stressing about situations over which I have no control. Leaders of world powers are rattling their sabers all over the globe. Too often we can...
Counting the hours
Like most of us, I spent the requisite twelve years in public education learning to read, multiply fractions, and write complete sentences with end pu...
Caring Kitchen thanks helpers
Dear Caring Kitchen Thanksgiving Day Volunteers & Donors,On behalf of the Board of Directors, staff and myself, I wish to extend our heartfelt tha...
