Opinion

Do you eat romaine lettuce at home? Most of us cut the bottom core off when we’re preparing a salad, but did you know that core can actually regenerate into a whole new head of lettuce? Simply soak it in water, and in a few days, you’ll see new leaves start to grow.

Carrie Classon’s, “Blue Yarn: A Memoir,” is available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other fine stores. Learn more at CarrieClasson.

The world we live in today is full of people determined to gain attention or achieve accolades for their hard work from the people around them.

Can true happiness only happen when you are with others? Happiness is defined as contentment, but most tend to think of happiness as intense joy or hard belly laughs. Can you be happy or joyful alone?

Carrie Classon’s, “Blue Yarn: A Memoir,” is available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other fine stores. Learn more at CarrieClasson.

Throughout summer college courses, I’ve has been challenged to think about the entrepreneurial mindset and how someone can utilize that mindset in everyday life.

Carrie Classon’s, “Blue Yarn: A Memoir,” is available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other fine stores. Learn more at CarrieClasson.

Confessions are always fun to share, whether they are big or small. You may confess your feelings to a friend and it may end well or maybe not so much. You may confess to your mom that her pork chops were gross, in your opinion. Whatever the confession is, it can be difficult to tell.

Every day, children are all around us. They explore the world around them and share their encounters through imagination, creativity and ingenuity.

My grandpa reads the Richmond News and he doesn’t live in Ray County or Richmond. He lives in Lexington and he enjoys reading the neighboring county news, I assume and because I write some of it – duh.