Beth Howard

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Commentator Beth Howard addresses this dilemma after watching a new Netflix documentary.So many things are making me anxious these days. I have fears…

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,…

This is a Commentary.The opinions expressed in this commentary are not necessarily those of Western Illinois University or Tri States Public Radio. The…

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…

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…