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The most practical protest? Growing your own food

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Spring is filled with dreams of locally grown food. Last weekend, my family volunteered for our local community garden, helping get beds ready and putting tomato and pepper plants in the ground. At home, we planted zinnias and sunflowers. My family also signed up for shares of Community Supported Agriculture from our local farmer. I love this time of year. Getting our hands in dirt reminds us where our food comes from and that we need to take care of the Earth. Our food is only as good as the soil we grow it in, and to have healthy soil, we must treat the Earth well in everything we ...

Dear Annie: Upstaged and still upset

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Dear Annie: “Ashton,” a popular boy from my child’s elementary school class, moved away in the middle of last year. A couple of months later, his mom let me know they would be visiting. She asked if I would organize some of Ashton’s classmates for a get-together, and I agreed. I sent out invitations to meet at a park for two hours to play, share an ice cream cake and catch up with Ashton. Several families didn’t respond. On the day of the party, everyone was having a great time at the park. We had about 40 minutes left of the formal party, but Ashton’s mom and I were ...

Antique colored glass can be valuable

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The Saint Louis glass factory, or Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis, is one of the oldest glass manufacturers in Europe, tracing its history to the Muntzthal glassworks in Lorraine, France, established in 1586. The factory started making lead crystal in 1781 and was renamed ...

The real king schools the would-be king

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I’ve always been both a small-r republican and an Anglophile, so I looked upon the British monarchy with at least a pinch of smug superiority. The Windsors are revered for nothing more than birth — not talent, nor accomplishments, nor virtue. It’s all a throwback to an earlier stage of human development, when people were not mature enough for representative democracy. I wasn’t feeling smug as I watched King Charles III address Congress the other day. Quite the opposite. Though I remain a small-r republican, I couldn’t help but be embarrassed at what we supposedly mature, ...

Applause, Applause

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Each Saturday, The Express community newspaper highlights people, groups and activities our readers deem worthy of applause. Angelo and I would like to THANK everyone that came to the Bingo or donated money or supplies to support him in his fight against liver cancer. Special THANKS to Sue Brownson and her team for organizing this event. Also to Kay from The Village Tavern for providing the food. Also to Gary and Joanie Miller, Kelsey Miller, Anna Peddie and all the volunteers that helped make this day special. THANKS again! — Angelo and Karen Owners and staff of Fulmer’s ...

Another radically underqualified Trump appointee is about to bite the dust

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You can be Secretary of Defense (War) and cause the mightiest military in the world to be brought to its knees, and still keep your job in the Trump regime. You can be in charge of public health and cause measles to reemerge as a major hazard to Americans, and still keep your job. You can be illegally enriching yourself and your family as Commerce Secretary, and still keep your job. But you’ll be fired for actively and unnecessarily getting bad press. A few days ago, a senior White House official told Politico that FBI director Kash Patel’s bad press was “not a good look ...