Gratitude. So far this year, a day doesn’t go by when I don’t tear up with gratitude. You see, I always thought of myself as just an average guy who did a job, who tried, failed often, and tried again. I mean, I’m just a regular guy, nothing special, no super powers. I mean, I […]
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Farmers Market Turns Ten and Moves to New Home
The Fort Thomas Farmers Market has a new home for its tenth year – the Living Hope Baptist Church at 1080 Highland Avenue next to the library – and good things are growing. The most notable will be that there will be more vendors than ever selling an array of handmade and farm grown goods. […]
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Be Part of the Largest Earth Day Celebration in NKY in Fort Thomas on April 22.
The Fort Thomas Forest Conservancy and the City of Fort Thomas are sponsoring the largest Earth Day celebration in Northern Kentucky on April 22, 12:00 – 5:00, at the Mess Hall and surrounding area in Tower Park in the heart of Fort Thomas. It will be a jam packed day of fun activities. The celebration […]
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In Other Words: See Something; Say Something Is Not Enough Anymore
The students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida are angry. Seventeen students and teachers are dead now and students want things to change. Who can blame them? Students around the country are organizing school walkouts in support. The Florida students are organizing a national march as well as a trip to their […]
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In Other Words: Rules for Living Result from Doing Something Wrong
We have rules for everything. Rules create order but at the same time just there presence of a rule prompts us to break that order. Just because. I just broke a grammar rule there for dramatic effect. Rules are meant to help us make sense of the world, add meaning, or focus on a task. […]
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In Other Words: Heroic Lab Rats Save the Day
Photo courtesy of Chuck Keller We hear about karma and how things come full circle. Maybe this is one of those. Maybe not. I may never know. I was ten years old and the nurse who lived across the street worked in the cancer research lab at an area hospital. She approached me one day […]
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In Other Words: Laughter Heals a Whole Lot of Hurt
This image has nothing to do with the story. Hope you laugh. Family, friends, neighbors, and acquaintances jammed the chapel for the graveyard service for my mother. The priest had begun when a youngish couple made an awkward noisy entrance. People moved back and they moved to the front. I didn’t recognize the couple, but […]
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In Other Words: No Resolutions, Just a Seven Year “Truth” to Fill in Those Missing Pieces
So I have lots of “theories.” Lots. Like migrating rocks. They are like turtles except a lot slower. We see those rocks slide down the hills along the highways and creep their way to the edge of the road. Why? To get to the other side, of course. Duh. Things often remain invisible to us […]
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In Other Words: Paul Stegeman Claims That Surviving a Plane Crash Began a Life of Adventure and Misadventure.
Headlines about the crash. Courtesy of Paul Stegeman. I have to be honest. I thought we were going to talk about a plane crash, but then all of these other events popped up in our conversation that I couldn’t help but stare a bit slack jawed in wonder. At one point I said that the […]
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Nick Heineke, Father of Twins Pens Book Recalling the Details of Their Birth
Nora and Leo. Courtesy of Nick Heineke You don’t realize what you’re going through at the moment until you have a little time to reflect on it. Nick Heineke agrees, “It’s like that in life. When you are in it, you’re going through it so fast that you forget the details that make it so […]
