by Diane Shirley –  The wind howled. The sunlit snow blinded her.  She pushed on, struggling toward the lights of the building...

by Wendy Schreiner – Cassidy Lewis was working as a freelance contributor for two local papers and a community magazine. She was...

by Renee Thornton –  They say we all have regrets in life and I suppose that is true.  Having lost both my parents when I was...

Editors note: Betty Briggs Ebersold flew from Florida to celebrate Jane Barnard’s 100th birthday.  While she was in the area, she saw...

by D.E. Bentley – Simple moments often stand out in our memories like scattered leaves on a windswept day. Our time there was...

by Georgeanne Vyverberg – “I have great faith in a seed” — Henry David Thoreau Nursery and seed catalogs began arriving...

by T. Touris – My lips burned. Beads of sweat dripped from my forehead. Tears ran down my cheeks. I craved for more. These were the...

 by Kade Bentley –  Ganache Ganache ( guh-nosh ) is a decadent dessert using heavy cream and chocolate. It’s often served as a...

by Joy Lewis – Earliest Settlement at the Lakeshore Early Woodland Period – 600 BC More than two thousand years ago the northern...

by Sky Trombly – Over the course of 2017, I focused my sustainability efforts on minimalism. When I started out, I had no idea how...