Vera Cruz history book added to library’s info of Wells County

By BARBARA  BARBIERI A just off the press hard-cover book about the early history of  Wells County’s Vera Cruz...

Here’s the Thing: Chief Joseph’s broken heart and what we can learn from it

Learn it, heed it, acknowledge it and we may not have to repeat it. And then there is Chief...

Anniversary: Gerald and Ruth Moreland

Gerald and Ruth Moreland will be celebrating 60 years of marriage on Friday, August 30. They were...

Here’s the Thing: As I age, a long list of infirmities are a badge...

So, how are you doing? “Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age...

Here’s the Thing: My take on a few shorts, bits and pieces

Demons of Unrest I am just finishing Erik Larson’s excellent book, The Demons of Unrest.  This is a historical...

Here’s the Thing: Why do these things exist? It’s all a conspiracy.

Have you ever looked at a thing and wondered what in the HECK was the inventor thinking and WHO is behind this...

Here’s the Thing: There is a word for every little thing…a million meanings for...

It has been adequately established that words have meaning and power. Tough to communicate even the simplest of ideas without using language...

Here’s the Thing: Love-hate relationships; we all have them

Did you ever have a love-hate relationship with something? A situation where something produces the warm fuzzies with the shear mention of...

Here’s the Thing: For better or worse, it is all about me

A Tale of Allegory I decided some time ago to announce to my wife that in our relationship I...