Opinion

I’m experiencing parenthood all over again – through my daughter. To be honest, it’s easier watching it than actually living it. For sure there’s less sleep deprivation and wet, sticky kisses. But seeing her go through all the things I did has given me various perspectives that I don’t think I could have recognized back when I was in the trenches and up to my eyeballs in dirty diapers. It now occurs to me that parenthood brings with it both losses and gains. One of the most obvious examples is the loss of sleep. After becoming a parent I coveted sleep for decades. (Yes, that’s a plural.) My babies never slept through the night; and then they turned ...

Editor, The upcoming election will be most interesting. Neither Joe Biden nor Donald Trump is very popular with the younger people in the USA. But these young people are our hope for the future. Young people are not known as avid voters. Hopefully, a majority of these intelligent young people will vote th...

We are all staying home as much as possible. Wearing our masks. Doing our own due diligence, because, gosh darn, it’s the right thing to do. Quarantine has become a way of life, and for one very specific, very important reason: coronavirus. We are focused on COVID-19. It is the enemy. It is my enemy...

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Editor, I am disgustingly appalled by the notion that we should keep the names of pandemic victims a big secret. Sure, we need to protect personal discords against our names, reputations and privacies, but to have the name of a positive tested person not appear in the newspaper is a travesty against all h...

Editor, What is voting? Any decision (which breakfast cereal?) is a form of personal vote. It is an expression of confidence, safety, and hope in the outcome. The Primary Election reflects choices among ice cream flavors. In November, it is like choosing between ice cream and poison ivy. Generally, we ...

Editor, The following untitled prose poem by Kitty O’Meara has been widely shared countless times. Here it is one more time. It certainly has helped me in my thinking and attitude during this trying time.  “And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exerc...

It isn’t supposed to be like this. But life is hardly ever predictable or fair.  Everyone – all of us – are sacrificing at some level. The current nationwide – worldwide – situation is touching each of us in a truly personal way. I don’t want to dismiss or make lig...

It has been so nice to hear how important the library is to our community and we are so grateful to be able to offer you curbside pickup and home delivery. We have opened our book drop if you would like to return items (even those with stickers saying not to put in the book drop), but we want to reassure you...

Editor, With Nancy Pelosi acting as obstructionist-in-chief in Washington, we need to make sure our lone representative in Congress is a conservative fighter who will stand with President Trump and will fight tooth-and-nail to bolster our economy and advance his America-first agenda. Luckily, we don&rs...