Opinion

Over the last week, our teams have been working on the new layout for the newspapers that will roll out soon. Recently, CherryRoad Media hosted a couple of community meetings to show samples of the new layout. If you were unable to attend one of those meetings, I’ll explain a little more about what you can expect to see here.

My daughter rummages around in the toy closet a lot. She inspects. She considers. She uses a broomstick to loose toys higher up so they fall to her. She studies those. Then, for reasons unknown, she settles on one. Today, again, she chose a kite.

We’ve been teasing, a bit, in the newspaper about some upcoming new things. One of those things is both exciting for local businesses and exciting for subscribers. A new program, coming soon, called “Community Insider” offers our subscribers access to perks and rewards that make your subscription to the newspaper even more valuable.

He is Risen!! Hallelujah!

Sometimes I contemplate big questions. What is existence really? What does Aristotle mean by a good life? And how can I start my second drink without finishing my first? Other times I contemplate something humbler – and what’s humbler than the humble egg?

We had another week of weather extremes. 70 degrees is a little warm for early April, at least in my thinking. And then there was Friday.

Instead of the title under my name on this column, it should say, “written by someone who has ruined more cookies than you’ve eaten”. There’s something soothing about baking. It’s because it’s complicated, because it requires focus and proper measurements and methods, it pulls your focus onto the task at hand, while allowing you to set aside other worries. At least that’s what I tell myself every time I set my oven to 350 degrees in preparation of destroying yet another batch of cookies.