Funny Things Kids Say: Smiles and fun from yet one additional trip around the...

Erin Raatz of Fort Wayne shares the often quite humorous comments, observations and requests from sons Levi,...

The challenges of having family far from home

It is difficult to imagine the hardships imposed on families by emigration over time. Throughout history, emigration...

Funny Things Kids Say: Help is where the heart is

Cathy was talking with her daughter-in-law, Megan, who lives in Australia. Megan shared a story about Thomas,...

A Joyful Noise: What’s in a saint?

Editor’s note: This column originally published on March 12, 2016. Long before he earned...

When something makes no sense, call it what it is—madness

Schools reduced to piles of brick and cement; churches burned to the ground; apartment buildings with entire...

Funny Things Kids Say: Mixed up? Big sister knows best

Priscilla, 5, and Oliver, 3, were arguing in the car and finally Oliver said he was sad...

Friends of Ouabache history recalled at first 2022 Lunch & Learn

By BARBARA BARBIERI Kathy Schwartz, past president of the Friends of Ouabache State Park and chair of the...

An uncomfortable dining choice — and other topics

How on earth did lobsters become an expensive delicacy? They are, after all, garbage monsters of the...

Funny Things Kids Say: Bubbling over with smiles

Area resident Joyce Lomont Crowl wrote: “Been awhile since I wrote. The great-grandchildren continue to amaze us....

Tri Kappa week celebrated

Members of Bluffton’s Beta Phi chapter of Tri Kappa celebrated “Tri Kappa” week (Feb. 20-26) by collecting toys and games for...