Daily Independent (Ashland, KY) Columns

Katie Brandenburg: Finding the explorer spirit: 2/10/11

2012-02-09T23:28:35-05:00

I say I like to explore, but really I’ve never done anything of the sort.

Mark Maynard: Charles will be in charge: 2/9/12

2012-02-08T23:02:35-05:00

It was at least mildly interesting a couple of weeks ago when the deadline for filing for local elected offices came and went without much fanfare.

John Cannon: After passion, love still grows: 2/8/12

2012-02-07T22:26:27-05:00

While a naive student at Morehead State University more than 40 years ago, my then girlfriend made me an offer I could not refuse. It was only later that I learned I should have refused it.

Cathie Shaffer: All that’s old is new again: 02/07/12

2012-02-07T10:00:00-05:00

Every night before I go to bed, I click on my electric blanket. There’s nothing I like better on a cold — OK, lately, it’s been coolish — night than a nice, warm bed.

Tim Preston: Art downtown, ‘hippie’ soap, Valentine’s and living-dead machines: 02/05/12

2012-02-06T23:47:53-05:00

I’m not certain this is anything that could be classified as a trend, although I have noticed something in downtown Ashland I am compelled to encourage.

Freeways to freedom

2012-02-06T00:20:26-05:00

Last week, while driving to South Shore, I glanced at the dealer placard on the car ahead of me on the Jesse Stuart Bridge.

Lee Ward: 02/05/2012 — Dieting is a man's world

2012-02-05T06:00:00-05:00

A male coworker is dieting, apparently for the first time.

Katie Brandenburg: Finding a time machine: 2/3/12

2012-02-02T23:50:44-05:00

My grandmother once told me a story about a boy she grew up with who built a time machine in his family’s shed.

John Cannon: Not a chore but a true labor of love: 2/1/12

2012-01-31T23:22:18-05:00

It was a slow and tedious task, but it was anything but work.

Cathie Shaffer: A whiff of the past: 1/31/12

2012-01-31T00:14:03-05:00

It occurred to me, as I listened to a conversation about today’s home medical treatments versus yesterday’s, that one big factor is the smell.