This Month’s Featured Articles…
Animal Smarts
My name is Lily and I am a dog. Yes, it’s my real name, but I do my best to keep up with whatever Grampy calls me, be that Willie, Shorty, Beans, or Stinkweed (I unequivocally do not stink, unlike the other doggy here, who smells like a dead goat half the time). Sometimes, he calls me The Brains of the Operation, although that gets to be a mouthful, and I pretty much cease listening after “the brains.” Apparently, I am all of those things [...]
HAWTHORNE VALLEY FARMSCAPE ECOLOGY PROGRAM – THE SPACE BETWEEN
Columbia County’s landscape is represented by farming and nature. We tend to look at those twin features of the area as distinct, separated by fences, stone walls, and field borders. Where the corn stops is the end of the farm, and where the trees start is the beginning of the woods. Yet, the animals, insects, trees, and plant life don’t see things quite that way. Working to expose the permeable and overlapping borders of farmland, meadow, woodland, and wetland is the Farmscape Ecology Program. FEP [...]
WITH LOVE
Love is in the air! This month it’s all about passion, the color red, paper heart cut-outs, and cupids drawing their arrows. In the days leading up to Valentine’s Day, which is celebrated on February 14, partners search for the ideal gifts to express their devotion and convey their love. In the busyness of the season, many forget the history of this holiday. Valentine’s Day occurs every February 14 in the United States and in other destinations worldwide. On this day, loved one’s exchange [...]
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE? (OR, HOW WERE YOU MISLED TODAY?)
On May 29, 1780, subsequent to the fall of Charleston, SC, to the British less than three weeks earlier, Abraham Buford’s Patriot forces suffered an overwhelming defeat at the hand of British commander Banastre Tarleton’s men at Waxhaws, SC. When they attempted to surrender, a number of Buford’s troops were attacked and killed by Tarleton’s men. While the British may have carried the battlefield on that occasion, what would soon become known as Buford’s Massacre ultimately resulted in a propaganda boo-boo that overshadowed any momentary [...]
MOVING, DEATH, AND DIVORCE – TWO DOWN, ONE TO GO (NOT THAT I’M RUSHING)
This is an op ed piece. In it Whitney discusses the topic of stressful triggers, primarily divorce and moving. She then shares her personal life experiences in dealing with these two stressors. This article is purely based on her experiences and opinions. Although it addresses heavy topics, she tries to bring levity to these stressors now that she’s on the other side of them. Human nature is such that year after year, people tend to anxiously anticipate the New Year, all hopped up about how [...]
