Opinion


A big, small town

“I’ll never live in Hamilton County.” – Hayden C.T. Parsons, circa 2017 I have found as I grow older that I should choose my words more carefully, since they often…



Sometimes you can overthink

When I entered the military, one of the written documents that needed to be completed contained several questions. One asked whether I had belonged to, supported, or attended any social…


My dragonfly baby

I remember the day vividly in July of 2020 when I took a pregnancy test. I had a feeling that I might be expecting and decided that maybe I should…



We can do something about farmland loss

By CINDY SALO Guest Columnist Dozens of people gathered at the Sheridan Historical Society Museum on Saturday morning, July 29, to learn about farmland preservation. I organized the event to…



Rejected … but I’m okay

Thank you so much for entering … I knew where this was going; they were not the words I wanted to read. I wanted a “Congratulations!” not a “Thank you.”…