Opinion
Paris Goodnight: Land of the Sky — not what it used to be
If you ever walk by Rowan Public Library’s main branch, you might notice a marker detailing the works of author Christian Reid, the pen name ...
If you ever walk by Rowan Public Library’s main branch, you might notice a marker detailing the works of author Christian Reid, the pen name ...
With all the many troubles going on around the world these days, I’m stuck wondering just where America stands these days, particularly in the eyes ...
Trying to be the quiet one doesn’t always pay off. I heard the old saying when I was young and impressionable about it being better ...
Christmas gatherings can be painful, particularly if you’ve lost a loved one during the year or you don’t get along with some of the family ...
When I was young, my grandparents used to decorate a cedar tree cut from a pasture on their farm for Christmas. To me, it looked ...
December may not ordinarily be the time when you think about climbing trees, and if you’re my age you probably shouldn’t be thinking about doing ...
By SCOTT CHARLES Associated Press NEW YORK — Paul Stastny scored in the second period, Pyotr Kochetkov got his second career shutout and the Carolina ...
Since this is the season of giving and we tend to spread our good fortune a little more freely this time of year, I keep ...
As plans move ahead for a $12 million expansion of the Rowan County landfill, I think back to what was there long before garbage started ...
Rain on a Halloween night may not be good for trick or treating, but it sure makes it spooky. It looks like we’ve got a ...
My daughter convinced me not long ago that it was time to start writing her letters instead of just keeping up via text or email. ...
Have you ever gone fishing for frisbee? Those aren’t the little fish caught from streams up in the Great White North — we called those ...
By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE — Jeremy Peña homered in the 18th inning, and the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 1-0 on ...
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA — Rhys Hoskins raised his arms in triumph, and then spiked his bat in celebration — a raw, ...
When I was coming along, “Cat’s in the Cradle” was a song that talked about a father doing things that kept him away from his ...
What do you pay attention to when you’re not hard at work or play? When I’m out in the neighborhood, or strolling the streets downtown, ...
Planting turnip seeds has become a fall tradition even though I can’t say I really enjoy the harvest a little later in the year. I ...
Imagine there’s no Facebook. It’s easy if you try. No Twitter or Google around us. Above us, no TikTok, only sky. That might not make ...
If you’ve been out to some restaurants still trying to get back up to speed after the pandemic, you’ve probably seen the signs asking for ...
One of the hazards of working the strange hours that some newspaper folks do is you miss out on things that others get to take ...
One of the favorite sayings I remember my grandfather laying on us kids was “hesh up and eat them taters.” Spellchecker and the grammar police ...
No one seems to be talking about these days as the “good ol’ days,” but I wonder if back in the days of Carly Simon ...
Does anyone ever suffer from buyer’s remorse any more? My wife used to get it every now and then, either if the item didn’t work ...
The soundtrack of the surf never ceases, and yet it changes every time I step foot into the water. I can never remember all the ...
Some of the smells of July aren’t easy to describe, but I caught a whiff just the other day that reminded me of something from ...
If you’re like me, you can imagine a day when that trusty little invention of GPS navigation stops working. Anybody who has worked on any ...
Watching our dog run and play with our son’s dog this past week made me rethink the heat that we’ve all been sweltering in lately. ...
To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow, according to the sign at the community garden in Spencer. That’s good enough for me because ...