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With gritted teeth and steeled nerves, several times a day I skim online headlines for the latest reports of Republicans and Democrats lambasting each othe

With smiles all around! Boomer Blog - Shirley Scott The flakes that snowed on my spring parade last week notwithstanding, my spirits have been moving in an upward trajectory. With hours of sunshine out-proportioning overhead gray gloom, tantalizing temperatures beginning with 6’s and 7’s continue to seduce me into wondering how soon I can put the screens back in my doors. Happy moments seem to abound, and I am loving it! I have thoroughly enjoyed the little chalk artist and her cast of passersby featured in the newest Kohl’s commercial. Her delight at reactions to the hopscotch game sh...

Fun and games with names and names! Death by Chocolate / Thor / Tickle Me Pink – into one or more of these categories: CRAYOLA CRAYONS ~ DESSERTS ~ PAINT COLORS ~ ROSES ~ WINTER STORMS. Although I mentioned fun, the game is not as simple as the categories might suggest, especially when one name describes very different items. Allow me to illustrate. PAINT COLORS ( Morning, Mountain Meadow, Death by Chocolate) ~ This interior design category contains perhaps the most creatively-named entrants. Misty Morning and Mountain Meadow certainly resemble the paint names on those little color card...

February: Quite the holiday month! Boomer Blog - Shirley Scott True to form, I belatedly realized the current and shortest month of the year offers the most opportunities to celebrate. Besides the one federal holiday, there are a couple of other popular observances – not even counting the ones we have already missed: National Tater Tot Day and National Nutella Day. As February dawned, I was digitally thumbing through archived copies of the UDC to determine how Champaign Countians celebrated Valentine’s Day in years past. However, it occurred to me I really ought to first check out local ...

Champaign County? How interesting! A while back my interest was piqued when I read in the UDC about a presentation made to the Soroptimist Club concerning interesting women in Champaign County. When I recently read that “Interesting Women of Champaign County, Ohio Prior to 1960” would be presented on the Champaign County Library Facebook page, I made sure to watch. Library employee Gloria Malone compiled the informative 30-minute program of facts gleaned from county histories, city directories, and archived newspapers. From these sources she added photographs and clippings in describing ...