(Img: A Skop) By Chuck Keller Our world is beautiful. And that beauty goes all the way to the cellular level. Fort Thomas native and University of Wisconsin genetics professor, Ahna Skop, and two of her undergraduate students, Elif Kurt and Caitlin Marks, developed a clever way to reveal that cellular beauty to students of […]
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In Other Words: You Can Do a Lot More Than You Think
Map of the trip By Chuck Keller It’s not the destination, it’s the journey. You’ve heard that before. But it’s true. And Alisha Kinsella can tell you about it. A little over a month ago she stepped out of her safety zone and took off on a four-day backpacking journey with a group of women […]
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In Other Words: Six Word Memoirs Reveal True Us
In Other Words: Six Word Memoirs Reveal True Us By Chuck Keller As the story goes, someone challenged Earnest Hemingway, a master of brevity, to write a short story in six words. His response – “For sale: baby shoes, never worn” – started a bit of a trend. There is now a website that presents […]
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In Other Words: Family Mission Builds Community
Alex and Lelia Wendel and their three young sons, Austen, Hudson, and Logan. By Chuck Keller Small acts have big impacts — like giving away water. Especially if it is an action that fulfills the family mission. Let me back up a bit. You have no doubt seen the cooler on the steps of a home on […]
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In Other Words: There’s Garden Gold in Those Food Scraps
Ben Bessler and a shredder used to compost. By Chuck Keller Here’s a thought. “There is no such thing as ‘away’. When we throw anything away it must go somewhere,” observed Annie Leonard, the international proponent of sustainability. So if you plan to throw something away then why not let it work to your benefit. […]
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In Other Words: COVID Shortages Reveal the Best And Worst In Us
The low choice of certain lumber items is real. By Chuck Keller I needed some treated 2×4 pieces of lumber to do some deck repairs. The problem was that the home improvement lumber yard didn’t have any. The attendant told me they haven’t been any in weeks and that the shortage was due to mill […]
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In Other Words: Thoughts on the Beginning of a “New” School Year
Courtesy: Deleece Cook By Chuck Keller After teaching for over three decades, I can distill education down to this – ask questions and seek answers and then repeat the process again and again. Eventually you begin to see how things are connected. Your view expands and deepens. It doesn’t matter the grade level or life […]
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In Other Words: These Times May Be a Chunk of Coal But They Will Be a Diamond Some Day
Laura Wagner Tinkler’s adopted pup By Chuck Keller There’s an old John Anderson song that could easily have a second life as the theme song for this COVID-19 period of isolation that starts with “I’m just an old chunk of coal but I’ll be a diamond some day.” As we respond to life’s pressure we […]
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In Other Words: Backyard Explorers Discover Some Amazing Images
The Fort Thomas Forest Conservacy hosted a photo contest – Here’s the “Best Overall” by Gayle Pille. By Chuck Keller Here are some fun facts: According to the University of Kentucky’s Department of Entomology and Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife there are over 10 thousand species of insects, over 350 species of documented birds, […]
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In Other Words: May You Never Run Out of Bricks
Griff and his father,Tom Jones. By Chuck Keller I was out for a walk one day when I saw a couple of guys mixing mortar and setting stones in a wall along a brick driveway. They have been working on this stone wall in sections over the last few years. So I complimented them on […]
