I can imagine five different responses when a person quotes some famous thinker. The first is genuine interest in what is said. A second could be being impressed that someone is so knowledgeable. Opposite of that is the third, a complete disregard because someone is…
Sometimes, we forget things…sometimes we never knew them. How many of us remember that the world’s greatest sales person came from East Liverpool, Ohio? I lived here for about four or five years before I ever knew that. I can remember quite clearly when I…
I’m sad to say that we’ll meet Wednesday for story hour for the last time until fall. But I’m so proud to tell you that our kids have learned the alphabet from A to M, how to sign each of the letters in ASL, learned…
……West Virginia is once again losing a Congressman. The State’s population decline of 3.2 percent in the 2020 Census means that we will go from three to two congressman and our voice in “the peoples’ house” will be diminished. Our State is not alone. Surrounding…
Thomas Campbell was centered on his church at Brush Run close to the border between Southwestern Pennsylvania and the extreme Northwestern section of Virginia. Alexander Campbell, was residing a few miles away in the area of Virginia near the Pennsylvania border known as Buffalo, after…
My daughter is hooked on unicorns. She plays with them. She draws them. She wears them. She even pretends to preach about them. When she sees something new or exciting she often asks, “Can I have that with unicorns on it?” (And if you think…
With Connie & ShaunaOh My Goodness Ya’ll, what a weekend we just had at Lynn Murray Memorial Library. We held our first annual Seeds & Trees Program, with 29 children and 21 adults in attendance. What a FANTASTIC turn out!! We started our program off…
…….I knew when I learned of Dr. Mike Swan’s path to his current position of interim superintendent of schools that his story would be inspirational. I wasn’t disappointed. When I spoke to his Mom, Lynn, she commented that had they forced Mike to attend college…