Opinion

“Let us not underrate the value of a fact; it will one day flower into a truth.” Henry David Thoreau was born on July 12, 1817, in Concord, Massachusetts. He was the third of four children in a family that ran a pencil manufacturing business. Thoreau’s early education took place in the local public school and at Harvard College, where he graduated in 1837. ...

Too much information? Is there a line we sometimes cross over when holding conversations with our friends or even our family? I admit there are a lot of things some people tell me which I am quite frankly just not interested - like some dude running across the end zone after catching a pass from the quarter-back...

"We must follow the rules of the world in which we live." Why is that concept so hard for people to grasp? The other day I was listening to a couple of DJs on the radio and they were arguing over the conformity of rules. After about five minutes of their absurdity, I just shook my head and pushed in my Patsy Cline CD...

“She looked directly up into the Northern Lights and she wondered if those cold-burning specters might not draw her breath, her very soul, out of her chest and into the stars.” – Eowyn Ivey The Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, offer a breathtaking display of natural beauty characterized by vibrant colors and dynamic movements across the night sky. ...

This week the NEA Town Courier, The Osceola Times and our advertiser are paying a special tribute to area farmers and the harvest season. As a farmer’s daughter, I have the upmost respect for those men and women who work around the clock bringing in the harvest. I remember those days well...