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You know you live in Ohio when you can experience the full gamut of all four seasons within a 36-hour period. Since we’re seeing...

After an absence of more than two months, it was a pleasure to reconnect last week with Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty Road. I...

All this rain and snow has been contributing to my cabin fever. Fortunately, gardening catalogues are arriving in the mail with page after page...

“I had a better year than Hoover.”— Babe Ruth, upon learning he was paid more than President Hoover“You come from the DR, and you...

The American Heritage College Dictionary defines “Dwarf” as “an atypically small animal or plant”. “Dwarf” Japanese maples and “dwarf” weeping cherries (or other weeping...

When I first became a deputy in 1976, the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office was running the emergency squad service. In about 1970, the State...

A favorite gift for Valentine’s Day is candy. A heart shaped box full of chocolates is another way to express affection. Tiny hearts with...

The flood of Noah came suddenly, but no one should have been surprised. Estimates on the building time of the ark range from 55-120...

I am, by nature, an early riser. My internal alarm goes off at 5 a.m. whether I want it to or not. That tendency...

How would you like to spend an afternoon in a tropical paradise? For an afternoon’s relief from winter dreariness, beautiful Longwood Gardens in Kennett...