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My cousin Becky loves gardening about as much as I do. We often compare notes on what works and what

When I was in graduate school at Northwestern University near Chicago, I took a photography course. What a revolting development

Recently I went to a garage sale promoted for people interested in fabric, sewing or quilting items: No one else

My daughter was in her mid-teens—those years when young people think that their parents don’t know too much. She chafed

Happy Mother’s Day! A couple of months ago I received an E-mail from Liza Hazzard who attends Our Shepherd Lutheran

All bridge players are invited to attend the Fort Wayne Duplicate Bridge Club’s “Longest Day” event on June 19 to

Travis Firestine, a 2018 Wayne H.S. graduate, son of Cindy & Mike Firestine and grandson of Dean & Marvel Embrey,

My roommate, David, was dating a girl named Annie. She was beautiful, with blonde hair that hung down past her

Over 400 quilt enthusiasts enjoyed the Quilt Fair at the Huber Opera House in Hicksville, Ohio. It was heartening to

We awoke to snow covering our home in the hills, but the sun comes out sporadically and tries in earnest

The sun is trying valiantly to peek out this morning, after several days of rain. This month has behaved in

You may remember my August 3, 2018 article about Quilters Hall of Fame inductee Xenia Cord and her Beanie Baby

Most of us know our Nation observes the birthdays of Presidents George Washington (Feb. 22) and Abraham Lincoln (Feb. 12)

Winter hit our hills with a vicious blow this past weekend, after we were used to the mild, although rainy,

Happy New Year dear Waynedale Readers! By the time you read this, Meteorological Winter is half over. Winter weather hasn’t

One of my favorite songs is “Toyland.” Even well past the Christmas season, I find myself humming its melody from

A heavy frost covered the ground this morning, sparkling in the approaching sunlight that is beginning to bathe our hills.

It was the first weekend of December 2010 that I met Therese “Terry” Mihlbauer at the Unitarian Universalist Church Craft

Well, obviously I do want to talk about it, or I wouldn’t be writing this article. But I’m just going

Recently I was traveling along a dusty road when I stopped at a place in the middle of nowhere. The

The whippoorwills are gone now, flown away to warmer climates. The summer sun is gone too, although it stayed here

Somehow it was meant to be: I invite a nice woman I meet outside Born Again Quilts to come take

Autumn entered our hills with wet feet, and it has been mostly damp ever since. Our hills are not the

Gardens carry a rag-tag, end-of-summer air, and is almost gone. Only a few scraggly tomatoes and sweet peppers turning red