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
On My Plate: Radishes Something very bright and red was the first item to catch one’s eye last Saturday at Oxford’s Farmers Market. Could it be the first strawberries of the season? Alas, our local growers report that last week’s frost destroyed much of the local strawberry crop. The bright red
Local Legends: The patriots of Indian Creek In the year 1809, Reily Township was sparsely populated. That year, Reverend Tyner of Brookville, Indiana arrived in the region to preach, bringing with him his Baptist faith. He and a series of other pioneer preachers that followed rapidly developed what would become the Indian Creek Baptist Church with a