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“You can breathe!”
Several times around 2:30 on weekday afternoons this month, I close my eyes, hold my breath, and wait for three magic words, usually delivered in a victorious tone: “You can breathe!” As we find that...
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“Trust thyself.”
Yes, Mr. Emerson, after learning and forgetting and learning again and again, Self-Reliance is a wonderful thing. After sitting at home with the cause for far too long, I ventured to the Ross County...
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“Probably no other equal portion furnishes so rich and interesting a field...
Ohio’s statehood wasn’t the only thing being commemorated in Chillicothe last month. A spectacular concentration of ancient earthworks was also celebrating the centennial of its being proclaimed a...
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“So frank, so joyous, her spirit sheds sunlight all about her.”
A modest Federal-style house in Chillicothe might not look like much, but it’s been on my list of must-sees for some time. It was here that Lucy Ware Webb Hayes, the wife of our 19th president, was...
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Fussing and flapping “caws” for a festival
Ohio is a mecca for migrating birds, producing some memorable birdwatching spectacles. Warblers flock to Magee Marsh during the spring, while crows descend on Mansfield in the fall. While these big,...
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