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TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Cultivating mason bees can help the struggling honeybees, such as those shown in this picture. Column By Melissa Martin While gardening during the pandemic, I …
Editorial: Get your bees on in your backyard Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin I am proud of my coronavirus cooking creativity. Ya make do with what ya have on your kitchen shelves. Dump canned food in your crockpot and …
Cuisine during coronavirus quarantine – sort of Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald Column By Melissa Martin The paint on the wall is not dry as of yet, and already we have lawsuit-loving Americans lining up for litigation. …
Editorial: Lawsuits R US: Pandemic plaintiffs Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin God bless us ten, amen. God bless us four and no more. God bless us three and we agree. God bless us two and not you. …
Editorial: Put people before the pandemic Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin “A Tale of Two Cities,” by Charles Dickens, a classic that sums up life and death from the beginning to the ending. Human history is a …
Editorial: Humanity’s best and worst Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin What did I do with the unexpected time off due to the pandemic? Well, I stayed at home to prevent germ-sharing and germ-spreading. And read about …
Editorial: Avoiding COVID-19 and humans Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin Emotional eating, stress eating, comfort eating, bored eating, compulsive eating, overeating, or binge eating. Using food to soothe emotions is a temporary fix. You feel better …
Editorial: Do you feed food to your feelings? Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin Did you know 2020 is a leap year? I didn’t. What’s the hullabaloo about an extra day every 4 years? I’m trying to get into the …
Editorial: Surprise, 2020 is a Leap Year Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin Will he “convert you or con you?” the 10 episode series trailer for Messiah asks, but does not answer. The Netflix series Messiah produced by Mark …
Editorial: Messiah Netflix Series — Who do you say Jesus is? Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Melissa Martin “International trophy hunting is a multinational, multimillion-dollar industry practiced throughout the world. Trophy hunting is broadly defined as the killing of animals for recreation with the …
Editorial: Stop big game trophy hunting Read More