Grilling in good times and in bad JULY 2022 by Margo Oxendine, Contributing Columnist It’s prime time for summer cookouts. I’m sure you’ve fired up the grill several times already. Hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken and even (if you can afford them these days) steaks....

A long-delayed festival is on the horizon By Margo Oxendine, Contributing Columnist As I sit here in February, closing out a snowy, icy month of gray days, I simply cannot wait for spring. By the time this gets to you, spring will be bursting forth in glory. T.S....

Bah, humbug to Old Man Winter I don’t know about you, but am I ever glad spring is almost here. The calendar says March; let’s hope the skies and the weather gods pay attention. Deadlines being what they are, I must write this in January. We all remember January,...

October 2021Bee Prepared On keeping your distance while admiring bees’ handiwork I’ve been reading several books recently that feature bees as central, or minor, characters. There’s “Queen Bee” by the late Dorothea Benton Frank, one of my favorite authors, whose books...

September 2021Bug Off! From carpet cleaner to an old-fashioned stomp, the world of insects has met its match. Or has it? It’s finally September, and I’m praying we get some relief from the relentless, sun-blazed heat. What an awful summer it’s been. One of the myriad...

August 2021In Memoriam: John Bruce Reflections on a wonderful friend All of us at Cooperative Living, here and into South Carolina, suffered a big loss in June. Noted editor, writer and top-notch photographer John Bruce passed away suddenly at his home in Monterey,...