Of woods and weeds

I’ve been getting into native perennial gardening this year. Of all the plants I’m growing, I love milkweed the most. Seventy-three species of native milkweeds grow in the United States, and these plants are the exclusive host plants for monarch butterflies.

Paper headlines obscure writers’ views

Have you caught the Crash Blossoms’ reunion tour this summer? If you missed it, it’s because the Crash Blossoms aren’t a real band. They sound like a mid-to-late-90s one-hit-wonder group, whose number one song was called something like “Hey Monica” or “We Met in the Chat Room.

Letter to the editor

Dear Editor: Are Solar Farms to be our Future? Is our rural community under attack? I promised you more of the story and I got sidetracked trying to learn as much as I could about all sides of the story. Seems I’m beginning to only like my side, or should I say our side.

Words to avoid around Grandma

Have you ever worked with someone or made a friend who spoke a different language? In high school and college, I worked in a few different restaurant kitchens.

The faces of the Dublin Citizen

Sadly, The Citizen had to say goodbye to a staff member as Sara Gann, our resident ad sales maestro and all-around helper decided to leave to be closer to her family back east.

Letter to the editor

Dear Editor: As many long time residents, I have dreams for Dublin. I’ll limit myself to those that are realistic. Of course, I want all local businesses to be successful and I’m very proud of how far Dublin has progressed in the past 20 years or so.

How to successfully feign word wisdom

Everyone likes to seem smart and sophisticated. It’s why I wear glasses. Instead of saying that I “agree” with someone, I say “I concur.” We all want to come across to the world as fancy, ascotwearing socialites who clear our palates with sorbet between courses.

CCMC CEO issues ‘letter from the front’

World War II united this country as never before as we entered the fighting in the Pacific on December 7, 1941, and Europe soon to follow. We knew who our enemies were, and we knew our future was in jeopardy.

Letter to the editor

Dear Editor: First and foremost we want to thank you for your time and dedication to our community and always capturing all the news and events that go on. We are very fortunate to have you as the Chief Editor here. So thank you to you and your team, as you are very appreciated.

Bye Bye Birthday!

‘You realize you’ll never get a birthday of your own again, right?’ My girlfriend, Wyndi, was presented with this question from her mother as we approached our birthdays at the beginning of the month. (Hers is Aug. 2; Mine is Aug. 4.