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January 2026

January 30, 2026

Ohio’s Haitian Immigrants are In Danger

It's being reported that Ohio's Haitian immigrant population, particularly the ones in Springfield, may...

September 2024

September 17, 2024

A Word to my Readers in Ohio

I have a message for all of my readers in Ohio. And if you...

September 15, 2024

I Believe in Flyover Country

I saw them getting on the bus, a long time ago now. They were...

September 12, 2024

Ohio, And America, Deserve Better than J. D. Vance

Today I am angry. Yesterday, I tried to lay out the origins of the...

August 2024

August 27, 2024

Let’s Talk About Ohio Issue One for 2024

All right, let's talk about politics: but this time, I need to take a...

September 2023

September 13, 2023

Ohio’s Abortion Amendment: Why is the Pro-life Movement Lying?

I keep seeing signs telling me to "VOTE NO ON ISSUE ONE." And...

August 2023

August 10, 2023

The American Pro-Life Movement is a Confidence Game

On Tuesday I saw the circular saws. The video was going viral...

August 07, 2023

Let’s Talk About Ohio Issue One

Let's talk about Ohio Issue One. Tomorrow, Ohioans are going to vote on a single...

January 2023

January 07, 2023

Sign of the Pigeons

It was the pigeons that gave me hope. I was going for my walk...

December 2022

December 21, 2022

On a Dark Night

It's a dark night, the darkest of the year. Truth be told, it has been...

July 2022

July 14, 2022

A Child, An Abortion, and the Gaslighting Pro-Life Movement

A little less than two weeks ago, you might have heard that a ten-year-old...

February 2022

February 01, 2022

On the Bend of the Ohio

It wasn't until after evening Mass on Sunday that I noticed the house was...

January 2022

January 23, 2022

Dear Ohio: A Word About Snow

Dear Ohio: We need to talk. I know that you've got a bit of...

August 2021

August 04, 2021

The Valley Is All There Is

It was another sunny day, a good day for a drive. I took Rosie to...

August 03, 2021

The Other Shore of the Ohio

I drove to Wellsburg, in search of a family I knew wasn't there. I...

July 2021

July 25, 2021

Newburg Landing

We went to Toronto. Not the one in Canada, but the one in Ohio. I...

March 2021

March 03, 2021

From the Dead River to the Living River

I walked past the car dealership, the one at the end of LaBelle-- the...

December 2020

December 24, 2020

The Rust Belt Hallelujah

It's raining in LaBelle. The rain is falling very hard. It started at about...

October 2020

October 26, 2020

Zinnias in the Plague Time

Rosie and I went for a walk. Michael was out walking too, but he was...

August 2020

August 04, 2020

As the Water Rushes In

When I was a little girl I had a picture book of odd children's stories....

July 2020

July 16, 2020

Please Help The Friendship Room Survive The COVID Emergency!

I have a message from The Friendship Room: they need our help, and they need...

June 2020

June 07, 2020

The Price of Ordinary

Columbus, Ohio, is an ordinary place. I'm not using "ordinary" as a pejorative there; I'm...

April 2020

April 17, 2020

Spy Wednesday

I came downtown last week on Spy Wednesday, looking a bit like a spy myself...

March 2020

March 30, 2020

The Homeless who have no Protection from COVID

This morning I opened Twitter to check in on my friends; I ended up watching...

March 01, 2020

At the Cherry Boutique

We were at the Wellsburg Apple Festival, on a warm fall day. I don't...

October 2019

October 25, 2019

Wine-Dark, Rust-Red

I once met a lady who came to the Ohio Valley from Europe. She'd raised...

July 2019

July 20, 2019

The Purgatory Time of Year

July is the hottest month. July is the month where you'd rather be anywhere...

May 2019

May 09, 2019

Ohio Bill Could Kill Women With Ectopic Pregnancies

You have surely heard by now that Georgia passed an extremely strict "heartbeat bill,"...

April 2019

April 13, 2019

Would to God I had Died

Somehow, one afternoon, I ended up on a bench in Fort Steuben Park. I...

January 2019

January 29, 2019

Am I Ashamed to be White?

My skin is fair. I know this, because it's the name on the label...