Columns
We measure things in increments. A cup of flour. A glass of wine. 98.6 degrees for a normal human body temperature. A standard sheet of paper is 8.5 by 11 inches. The wind is blowing at 11 miles per hour. You fill your tires to 33 pounds per inch. The barometric pressure at my house right now is 30. A pound of butter weighs in at 16 ounces. So does a pound of feathers and a pound of concrete. So many numbers, so little time. And therein lies the topic of this column. But I’m getting ahead of myself. This column is about numbers, but it isn’t, really. It’s about time. Your time. My time. We measure life in increments of time. I read somewhere that human...
As a kid, I loved collecting shells on the beach - still do. There is something calming about walking on the sand, listening to the waves and looking for small treasures the tide washes up. I never found a pearl - not many of us do on the beach. You usually have to take a deep dive to find a pearl, but I ...
It starts as a slight twinkle in the eye, nothing more than a spark of an idea, the beginning of grand plans. Vacation: It’s more than a word. It’s a destination. The typical vacation lasts about a week, but the trip itself is frequently a multi-stage event. Stage one involves planning and can...
In this column I want to address a topic most of us avoid. Growing old. Or more specifically, the people living around us who are senior citizens - aging professionals, if you will. I want to talk about this greatest demographic of all time. We expect a lot of them. After all they’ve ...
Where does the time go? It’s hard to believe we’re already gearing up for another Annual Summer Reading Program here at the library. The “Color Our World” program runs from June 9 through Aug. 7 and we’re bringing back the beloved Bug Race. There are two ways to record your read...
The Held family has ranched along the Powder River and in Carter County for four generations. They raise registered black Angus breeding stock through embryo transfer and 350 mother cows. About 400 acres are under pivots, 100 are on flood irrigation, 300 are under dryland, and the rest is uncultivated hills....
Recent governmental events (kidnapping people off the streets, arresting dissenters, blocking free speech, withholding monies) brought back a few thoughts. One (from a political science class) was, “Power is seized – not granted.” The other (from a seminar on negotiations) was, “Th...
Picture this: You are with a friend and they get a phone call. You do your best to ignore the conversation - even the one side you can hear. Your friend ends the phone call and without them saying a word, you know something is wrong. Or this: You are with a group of friends. The air is happy and jov...
From Gulf of America to mass expulsion of “illegals” (people of color) to continuing genocidal complicity in Gaza to whatever the daily news brings us ... welcome to Trump America! Welcome to the small-minded, white nation so many long for, free once again from those large, inconvenient values &n...
What’s in a name? My daughter, who is expecting a baby, is currently considering this question and it’s a deep one for sure. A name can connote so many things. It can remind you of someone you really like - or really don’t like. It can inadvertently rhyme with a swear word. An easy nickn...
