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Columns

  • Billy Letters: Thoughts of a displaced Hoosier

    Thoughts of a displaced Hoosier Being a semiretired guy of some eighty plus
    years now living in South Carolina I have struggled with the perpetual problem of widowhood — How to fill my days with a constructive activity.
    One can only plant so many bulbs and bushes and mow the grass so many times a week. To become a daily bike rider is wholesome, filling about an hour each day and I believe it keeps the heart pumping regularly, but it’s only an hour and that isn’t
    enough.

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  • Posey Co. Line Road residents address road issues to commissioners

    By Kasia Bell

    Mount Vernon Democrat

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  • Winter Anomalies - warm weather brings signs of life

    Now that winter is finally with us, do you remember Wednesday, Feb.1? Temperatures soared to above 60 degrees.
    A good day to haul manure, dig holes for plants and watch a honey bee.
    I worked up a good sweat on that day wheel barrowing loads of manure to another raised garden bed. The manure was just too heavy and hot for even earth worms to survive in the original bed. No odor now, thank goodness.
    Spreading the manure between two beds and adding bags of soil should welcome earth worms and the plants I hope to sow in the spring—or earlier.

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  • More sweet talk: Molasses vs. Sorghum

    We have talked about many different sweeteners but here are two old fashioned products that our grandparents probably used much more than we do today. Some of us may never have poured sorghum on our pancakes or molasses on our cornbread, but for many families in early America, those were the most common sweeteners. Granulated cane sugar was far too rare and expensive for every day use.

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  • Meet Another Member of the Power Seed Trio - Hemp Hearts

    We’ve recently talked about flax seeds and chia seeds with their amazing nutritional
    benefits.
    There is one more member of this power seed trio you need to meet: the hemp seed. Yes, it is the seed of that infamous plant which is illegal to grow in the United States. Hence, most of the hemp foods we eat are produced in Canada.
    There are different varieties of the hemp plant (cannabis sativa, L.).

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  • Prayers for Our Planet: Creation in progress

    We humans tend to think that creation ended on the seventh day as told in Genesis.
    Life is not adjusted for eternity.
    Creation is continuing to happen. Recently discovered off the Eastern coast of Australia was a new species of shark. Two different species of sharks interbred.
    One species of shark was not adapted to temperate waters. It interbred with a shark that could withstand warmer waters. The result is a stronger shark. There is much speculation by scientists about this being a consequence of global warming.
    Perhaps that is true.

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  • North Posey Big Brothers and Big Sisters has successful year

    By Susan Tooley, Guest Columnist

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  • Compact flourescent bulbs contain toxic mercury

    By KATHY TOON
    Guest Columnist

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  • Gavel Gamut: Step 3 — Pre-pre-trial meeting

    If you had a serious medical problem, your first step would, or should, be to consult your family physician. If your computer revolts against you, your first step should be to consult an information technology expert (or, perhaps, one of your teenagers).
    And, if you have a serious legal problem, your first step should be to consult your family attorney.

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  • Age Attitude: Dealing with changes brought by years

    I’ve got to admit, my attitude hasn’t been the best. As parents and teachers,
    how often have we remarked to our children, “Life will be easier if you
    have a better attitude?” Who would have thought I would fall into that pit of grumbling and griping? Surely not me! But as I awaken each morning to
    find another body part aching, it is difficult to refrain from grumbles.

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