http://www.washtimesherald.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:31:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_310233304.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_310233304.html I met British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.I suppose this should be prefaced by saying I studied in England at Harlaxton College for four months in the spring of 2008. Though Harlaxton College is the University of Evansville’s British Campus, universities across the States send students and faculty to study and teach abroad. The program, designed so students can travel and experience Europe, has classes four days a week, leaving the other three days for travel. I took complete advantage of this opportunity. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:58:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_303195840.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_303195840.html The question is this: Will the newspaper Web site eventually replace the daily printed product? It is proven fact that the Internet can be timely, give us the flexibility to provide video enhancements to our news and the advantage of posting breaking news. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:38:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_296214050.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_296214050.html I suppose some news days are slower than others.With two wars going on, an economy in the toilet and a power grab going on in our nation’s capital, it is not surprising most of the nation turned its eyes to the sky last week for some truly hard news. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:55:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_289225717.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_289225717.html October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. So, I want to share some things that breast cancer patients and really, all cancer patients and those who love them need to know. We’ll call it a wish-list. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:39:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_282204020.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_282204020.html I had a dream last night that President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize.Actually no, I got a text message early this morning about it, and I couldn’t believe it.I thought, “Now? This year? No way.” Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:29:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_275213029.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_275213029.html He weighed 8 pounds when he was born. I know, I was there. He had blond hair and piercing blue eyes. I know, I was there. I’m the grandmother of that little bundle of joy. He looked around the delivery room at Daviess Community Hospital and didn’t cry, but gave everyone a hard look including his mother and me. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:15:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_268192038.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_268192038.html I remember a Sunday drive home from my grandparents after lunch. I was about 14 years old and a bit sarcastic. I poked fun at Grandma’s ways and asked my mother why Grandma would bother to save the wax paper out of the cracker boxes. She had a drawer full of cracker wrappers, foil papers from snacks, and pieces of string rerolled into balls. Was Grandma so tight that she couldn’t buy wax paper, foil and string, I asked? Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:33:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_261223429.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_261223429.html I spent two entire weeks thinking about what to write in this week’s column. As soon as the schedule came out and I learned what the “column” was, I felt pressure. I’m the new girl. And this is my first column. Because of that, there are expectations. This will give readers their first glimpse into my life and thoughts. I’m making my first impression. Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:08:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_254220845.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_254220845.html I’ve become very envious of my boys. Okay, I guess that’s a given in one way. They’re five years old and free of the trials and tribulations of everyday adult life. They don’t have to worry about the recession or paying monthly bills. Dad and mom take care of the serious stuff while they watch cartoons, go to preschool and generally enjoy life without a care in the world. Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:40:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_247214123.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_247214123.html If Labor Day is unofficially the end of summer, then I guess the season is over on Monday. This has been what I consider the summer of loss. I cannot remember in such a short span of time where we lost so many icons. Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:44:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_240224559.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_240224559.html I have to admit I have grown very attached to my fancy new cell phone. I really don’t have any killer applications for it and I only text about eight words a minute, but it slides up and down and I never get tired of saying “Kirk to Enterprise” every time it rings. Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:14:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_233211514.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_233211514.html I’ve been pondering lately how hard our mothers and grandmothers worked as young homemakers.I remember summers as a child, when I would wake up, usually anywhere between 9 and 10; Mom wouldn’t let me sleep ‘til noon. She would have already been up for hours, working in the garden. We grew almost everything we ate except animal and grain products. Even then, we sometimes raised chickens on our small in-town acreage to put in a freezer — not our own freezer but in a rented locker at a nearby locker plant. Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:44:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_226184510.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_226184510.html Although I am a little late on the pundit bandwagon on this topic, the denoument that is “Jon and Kate Plus Eight” has become painful to watch. Since the tabloid reports of marital problems between Jon and Kate Gosselin started around Memorial Day, I have committed myself to study this show and others like it on TLC (Didn’t it used to stand for The Learning Channel?) Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:19:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_219212019.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_219212019.html Good Samaritans are all around us. That’s a lesson I learned last month as I was driving through Martin County on my way to a church gathering in Louisville Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:42:00 +0000 http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_216134354.html http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_216134354.html My 4-year-old must be going through a stage when anything remotely disgruntling can bring a flood of tears. But I’ve gradually grown smarter over the past few weeks. Tears don’t necessarily mean getting your way. Perhaps I relented too quickly in the past, so thus now we now often have lots of brooding and big fat bottom lips.