On My Plate: Beets As a child, I was not a picky eater, but I never cared for beets. When I arrived alone in London as a teenager, for my first meal I ordered chicken salad.
Media Matters: ‘Bowling Alone’ revisited “I've never lived in such a civically-active place my whole life as Oxford. I joke that if you walk too slowly down the street you'll get drafted onto a committee.” – David Prytherch
On My Plate: Once in a Blue MOON Bash To Oxford’s year-round residents: please come out in force this summer to support all of our community’s locally owned and locally managed businesses.
Observations: Travel: Finland “It turned out that the Finnish and American governments had created a chair to bring in a different professor each for a year to teach American Studies.”
On My Plate: Kohlrabi “Like other brassicas, such as broccoli, cauliflower, collards, and kale, kohlrabi is a nutritional superstar.”
Media Matters: TV talk under FCC surveillance “Wait a minute, this used to be my show. It’s like driving by your old neighborhood and realizing that where you used to live, they’re putting up an adult bookstore.” – David Letterman on the demise of “The Late Show” on CBS
Veterans Among Us: Madeline Gardiner Citizen soldiers have been a part of America’s military history in Ohio since the Northwest Territory Militia was formed in Marietta, Ohio in 1788. This group evolved through subsequent centuries to become the Ohio National Guard. National Guard units have proudly served in every conflict from the American Revolution