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Nine years ago this month, in 2012, I sat at my desk in rural Iowa with my jaw hanging open and my heart breaking as the news unfolded. Twenty…
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A stray dog showed up on our farm a few weeks ago. At first, he only came around at night, lurking in the shadows as we sat around the fire pit after…
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I hear myself saying a little too often these days that I'm glad I grew up when I did, before cell phones and selfies. Before the internet became a…
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This month, 83-year-old Yoshiro Mori, a former Japanese prime minister, was forced to resign as president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee after…
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Bah humbug. I don't know about you but I'm really struggling with the holidays this year. It's a perfect storm, a trifecta of winter weather, the…
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Commentator Beth Howard addresses this dilemma after watching a new Netflix documentary.So many things are making me anxious these days. I have fears…
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Quality of life. Quality of life. Quality of life. This is your new mantra.Quality of life is what you have to determine when your pet gets old or sick,…
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This is a Commentary.The opinions expressed in this commentary are not necessarily those of Western Illinois University or Tri States Public Radio. The…
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Sticking to my New Year’s resolution to exercise more and spend more time outdoors, I’ve been doing a weekly Sunday morning hike with two other…
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Thanksgiving is next week and that means one thing: there will be pie. Because pie plays such a big part of any traditional Thanksgiving feast, it’s been…