Opinion
“Perhaps you hate a thing that is good for you, and perhaps you love a thing that is bad for you.” -Quran 2:216
Yesterday afternoon, my daughter and I took our dog, Cowboy, and strolled down to the corner store by our house. We left Cowboy under a tree on a nice patch of grass, where he sprawled...
A commentary by Secretary Randy Romanski of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP)
June Dairy Month is a special time in Wisconsin. As summer starts, we celebrate the many hardworking Wisconsin farmers and processors who make our state a leading source for...
My nine-year-old daughter calls getting out of school “getting loose.” Like she’s Andy Dufresne, crawling through a sewage pipe under the Shawshank State Prison. Like a bonobo that scaled a fence at the zoo.
“We got loose at 3:15 today,” she says, like that’s what time they snuck in some bolt...
Monarch caterpillar feeding on native butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa). Photo by the author.
The growing season is here! Flower blooms burst with color and shades of green cover the landscape as warmth and longer daylight surrounds us. Does this burgeoning life encourage you to create beauty and habitat for native pollinators? What better way to welcome the growing season in our community...
No Mow May has provided 25 acres of increased habitat for vital pollinators
Our initial goal of the No Mow May proposal was for one hundred households to participate. We ran out of our first 100 yard signs and ordered about 50 more! We estimate the initiative will provide 25-30 acres of increased...
Nothing beats growing up on a farm, when it comes to life lessons. If you aren’t lucky enough for that, you can come close by having lots of pets.
We got new chicks this spring, little balls of down that will grow into squawking, egg-laying, feathered dinosaurs. We wanted four, so I ordered five,...
MoHo is ready to play Pickleball!
Thank you to the Village Board, the Parks, Recreation & Forestry Commission and Jeff Gorman for approving the reconstruction of the courts at Viking Park (Middle School)! The Mount Horeb Pickleball (MOHOP) community is ready to raise $30,000 to meet the...
Someone compared me to a little old lady the other day.
I was talking to a new friend named Judy, who we met while on vacation in St. George, Utah. She’s in her mid-70s and nimble as a bighorn sheep, spending her time hiking, playing pickleball and exploring the alien landscape around her, this New...
May is “Mental Health Awareness Month,” and it is time to break the stigma.
Mental health is part of our overall health. Seeking help is a signal of strength. The days of suffering in silence and defending it by repeating quotes that seem encouraging but actually hurt are starting to end, slowly....
Government leaders are ignoring an important point about proposed sports complex
Dear editor,
I just recently read the Perspective section of the April 27 edition. I noticed in Mr. Owen and Dr. Salerno’s complete support for the community recreational complex, they stated that the complex would...
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