Opinion

Baby Feet

Trivia Too

By Roy Roberts Hurrah! I did it! I lived long enough to know that I have a new baby, the twentieth great-grandchild arrived on August… Login to continue reading Login…

Bits & Pieces

By Sally Lael Now that I’m older and live alone, I don’t do much cooking. Sometimes I like to cook and sometimes I don’t. One… Login to continue reading Login…

Friedrich Gustav Martin Niemöller.

Looking Back

By Leigh Morris “When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. “When they locked up the social democrats,… Login to continue reading Login…

Bread of Love

September 12 -16 Monday- Fried chicken, fluffy potatoes, green beans, mandarin oranges, bread, milk Tuesday – Ham loaf, sweet potatoes, limas, apricots, bread, milk Wednesday… Login to continue reading Login…

An Illinois Electric Porcelain insulator manufactured in Macomb.

Looking Back

By Leigh Morris If you’ve ever visited an antique shop, you likely encountered glass and porcelain insulators used by electric utilities as well as telephone… Login to continue reading Login…

Dear Christine by Roy Roberts

Trivia Too

By Roy Roberts It so happened, that while I was in the sixth grade at Lincoln School, Miss Malcomson, my teacher, asked, “Can anyone tell… Login to continue reading Login…

Letters to Editor

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor, I want to tell you I so enjoyed your article re: X. Montoya on her acceptance/attending Yale University this year. I wrote her… Login to continue reading Login…

Bits & Pieces

Bits & Pieces

By Sally Lael I had a fiasco over the weekend with garlic! Yep, you read that right. But I think I won. Maybe I need… Login to continue reading Login…

Teacher

Trivia Too

By Roy Roberts Schools are starting all over the country with a tremendous shortage of teachers. There wasn’t any shortage when I started to school.… Login to continue reading Login…

Bits & Pieces

By Sally Lael I’ve been a baseball brat for as far back as I can remember. My dad loved baseball and was a devoted Chicago… Login to continue reading Login…