Story by Laurie Pressel Photos courtesy of Kylee Baumle Most people would have paid it no mind or flicked it away with a finger. Kylee Baumle was fascinated by the tattered dead butterfly with a tiny white sticker on its wing. Kylee and her mom had come across the monarch butterfly in a chapel […]
Story and photos by D. Anthony Botkin After a lifetime of stomach and health issues, Bethany “Aunt B” Rook decided it was time to find a better way to eat, but she didn’t want to give up the delicious taste of the traditional baked goods she had grown up loving. “I have digestive issues […]
Annie’s Wine Cottage Story and photos by Gary Budzak On a sunny March afternoon, a woman enters Annie’s Wine Cottage on the busy main drag in Powell. Proprietor Anne Gabriel looks up from her conversation and greets the customer. “You’re holding two bottles for me,” Gabriel is told, and there is a amiable transaction […]
Jon Bennehoof is mayor of Powell. Story by Joshua Keeran What’s your favorite vacation spot and why? Anywhere, if I am on a cruise ship. We love cruising. When the kids were growing up, Kiawah Island in South Carolina, near Charleston. Perhaps the grandkids will get us back there. It’s a great family spot […]
Effort to connect community through multi-use trails Story by Kimberly Jenkins Therese and Elliot Egbert enjoy the beginning of the trail with Zane Egbert at Mound Park. Portsmouth Connex has a vision — and wants to share it. The nonprofit group has been working to organize and create bicycle and multi-use trails connecting various […]
Artistic Director, Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth By Chris Slone What movie deserves a sequel? While I usually find sequels disappointing, there are characters and stories that I would love to revisit. I have a passion for foreign films, my favorite being “Cinema Paradiso,” a 1988 Italian, bittersweet film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. It would […]
Piatt family opens their historic homes Story by Jane Beathard Photos courtesy of the Piatt family Flowers surround Mac-A-Cheek Castle in the spring. Mac-O-Chee, pictured from the east. A greeting card from late 1800s is one of many on display at Mac-A-Cheek Castle during its Easter celebration. Margaret Piatt in library of Mac-A-Cheek Castle […]
Findlay tea shops provide relaxation Story by Laurie Pressel The bells on the front door jingled, and Beth Druschel, proprietor of the Cracked Pot’s Tea Shop in downtown Findlay, greeted her first customers of the day: three students from the University of Findlay. The two young women, tea aficionados, sniffed several jars of loose […]
German heritage revived at Ye Olde Trail Tavern Story and photos by Ashley Bunton Ye Olde Trail Tavern in Yellow Springs is one of the oldest taverns in Ohio. The original log cabin sits at 228 Xenia Ave. along State Route 68. Built in 1827, the tavern’s history is reflected in its worn wooden […]
Lake Erie shores offer birding adventures Story and photos by Jane Beathard Looking across Lake Erie to the Ohio shore. Bird watching is best just prior to “leaf out.” Birds are more visible on the bare branches. Bird watchers are welcome at the Point Pelee visitors center. Scarlet Tanager Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher Blackburnian Warbler Prothonotary […]