Christina Myer

You all know how much I love hiking, and how lucky I know I am to be situated in the middle of what I think is one of the best hiking regions in the country. But Saturday in Hocking Hills State Park there will be a celebration of what USA Today says really is the […]

One of my favorite events of the year took place this past week. I figured out early in my tenure here that if I volunteered to “work” during the annual cookbook tasting party I would be treated not only to a day full of dishes prepared by people aiming to impress, but the company of […]

I’ll admit it, I’m one of those people who irritates others in a conversation by correcting them if they use outdated language to describe native or indigenous populations, or if they refer to anyone of European descent as having “discovered” the Americas (or as having been the “first” to do something or be somewhere that […]

Waking up the morning after a presidential election to realize that more than 68 million people, or nearly 73 million people don’t agree with the vision you had for leadership of this country is a bit startling, isn’t it? Less startling, but still thought-provoking, is that at least 2.16 million voters chose someone other than […]

I love an excuse to go down a history rabbit hole — and believe me, the past couple of weeks have presented plenty of them. For me, fact-checking isn’t just about finding out whether someone said something earlier that day, or last week, it’s about digging into historical documentation and understanding broader context. But it’s […]

Anyone else fighting the urge to break with tradition and put up the Christmas decorations this weekend instead of next, because it feels as though we’re losing a week of twinkly lights compared with last year? (Well, five days, to be precise, but who’s counting?) It’s a good thing I like Thanksgiving so much. Food, […]

It’s the time of year when many of us are planning our holiday travels, or maybe even a winter getaway to a place where there are lots of shopping opportunities. If you’re flying, I have a couple of cautionary tales. First, there’s the story out of the Tri-State Airport in Wayne County. According to WSAZ, […]