Month: October 2015

The El Dorado News-Times initiated a new quarterly tab called “On the Path” to address spiritual issues with writings from local people. I was asked to contribute my thoughts on returning to our moral compass. The paper published the special section Sunday.   By Joan Hershberger jhershberger@eldoradonews.com The wiry woman leaning against the wall smirked,…

Our first connection came with an embroidered birth announcement for the birth of my first son. Neatly stitched and framed, the unexpected wall hanging quickly found a place on the wall near the crib. Later, the mail carried a holiday package the other direction with aprons for her two older daughters. She said the girls…

The children sitting in front of us on the airplane clearly had never flown before. The big sister reached out and fiddled with the little knob on the back of the seat in front of her. She twisted it and the tray table dropped in front of her pink shirt, pink trimmed shorts and the…

For no obvious reason, tiredness trumped cleaning house. A review of my Facebook explained everything: the last six weeks of summer exploded with activity. It began with a four-day visit to Washington, D.C., with one son, our only daughter and their families. Packed everything, except my husband’s “brownie points” – he lost all of them…

Three hours of court left, yet very little could be reported in the newspaper the next day. Not that nothing happened. The court saw life-changing interactions among the judge, the attorneys and the clients. An orange-clad prisoner stood before the judge befuddled at the news of a previous record. Yes, the prisoner had recently incurred…

Welcome to the house of Dr. Frankenstein. Come in, but be careful. Some original parts remain, but other corners of the house have come from other sources and lack a verifiable history. It all began some 33 years ago when a contractor poured the foundation and had his workers assemble the kit house he had…