In a book I’m reading, the author relates a lesson taught by one of his teachers, who told him, “You can’t shut other people’s mouths.” I found this thought to be genius. It’s a simple, but profound statement. You can’t control what other people say. You physically ...
As of this week's paper, I will be 14 weeks into my stay at the Tama-Toledo News Chronicle. Now I don’t want to say everything has been easy by any means, I’ve experienced lots of late nights and cut many deadlines close. Through the ups and downs that is local reporting, I’ve come ...
I love my neighbors — they’re the spice of life...they’re helpful, encouraging and most of all, downright entertaining! They make for lol! My neighbor in DeWitt believed his property line went through our backyard even after having it surveyed. Since he loved mowing (daily!), he ...
I have never in my life thought about leaving Toledo. I was raised here, and I'll die here, just hopefully not today. I have friends that have traveled from coast to coast, one friend that just went to Florence, I know a woman who just visited Italy, and I know people that annually travel ...
When I started with the newspaper in March, approaching strangers seemed like a very daunting task. Before diving into local journalism, you probably wouldn't see me striking up a conversation with someone I wasn’t familiar with. I wouldn't describe myself as someone with social anxiety ...
Varmints are haunting our gardens with unabashed brazenness! Insultingly, I find rabbits playfully romping through my garden with all care thrown to the wind, and when I pound on the window or yell and clap my hands from the back door, they seem to defiantly go into a stare-down competition ...
DENISON — Gordon Wolf was everywhere in Denison. Until he wasn’t. A trusted newspaper editor, a 24-year veteran of the Denison Bulletin-Review, a bespectacled journalist fond of button-down short-sleeve shirts that date to an earlier time of ink-stained work when most newspapers had ...
June 15, 2023, is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging is proud to join communities in the USA and all over the world to help raise awareness of this systemic social challenge. As Americans, we believe in justice for all. Yet we fail to live up to this ...
As a kid, the last Monday of May was always called Decoration Day. We certainly didn’t shop, but instead stopped to honor the men and women who gave everything for our freedom. We went to the cemetery for the military services, walked past the fallen, placed fresh flowers and colorful ...
Emergency rooms are such weird places, am I right? I mean, you go in there when you're sick and feel like death warmed over, and they usually ask you to take a seat. I have been in my fair share of emergency rooms; I've even had my fair share of ambulance rides. All of which were ...