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A few months ago I lived in country with healthcare available for pretty much everyone. I also lived in a country that seemed to be opening its arms up wider and wider for people of various sexual preferences, gender identifications, religious beliefs; in which...

After a soaking, blustery February, March trundled in like mild lamb. Does that mean it will roar out like a lion? Umbrellas or parasols in our future? Email your budding news items to IDlewood 3…” at idlewood3@hbgtrib.com. Idlewood was the original telephone exchange for...

With every month comes a multitude of activities in your public library, along with occasional challenges. Such was the case in March with the news that our event featuring author/illustrator Todd Parr would need to be rescheduled. Todd had unexpected family business to attend...

planning today’s soup it’s going to rain again onion or garlic? I remember standing at the bus stop in the rain when I was a kid in Catholic school, leaning my head back and sticking my tongue out to catch rain drops. It’s a natural, primitive instinct....

Q) What’s going on with Windows 10? I keep getting updates and the computer gives me messages that it needs to reboot. And I hear rumors about another major update like I got last summer. Please explain if you can. A) I’ll try. Yes, you...

There once were two barn cats whose job description can be completed in two words: eat rats. They were the property of Wilson and Lucas, two boys on the farm about eight years ago, so both boys and cats have grown up considerably. At the...

Pick up swag and help the senior center

The Butterfly Whisperer

HHS event on April 23