ROBERTS RUMINATES: Boxed In Laura Jackson Roberts March 28, 2020 Author’s note: These are unprecedented and anxious times. We feel alone and isolated. It’s important to take the spread of Covid-19 seriously. It’s imperative that we do our part by staying home. It’s also impo...
ROBERTS RUMINATES: Traditions, Toilets and Trickery Laura Jackson Roberts December 25, 2019 No matter what holiday we celebrate, our yearly traditions anchor us. They keep us grounded in times of joy and chaos, both of which flow abundantly in December. Christmas traditions in my family never varie...
ROBERTS RUMINATES: Buzz Off Laura Jackson Roberts November 2, 2019 It’s time for school pictures again. That means haircuts, which means considerable whining and negotiation. It’s a necessary chore, but the barber always makes it look easy. “I could teach you how to do it y...
Roberts Ruminates: Horrible Creatures Laura Jackson Roberts June 8, 2019 I’ve got a lot of critters in my house. They’re all rescues. Our collie mix came from Marshall County Animal Shelter. We found the tortie cat at Ohio County and the tabby under a bush. Our German shepherd was f...
ROBERTS RUMINATES: Things That Go Click in the Night Laura Jackson Roberts February 2, 2019 At 2:30 a.m. the other night, I pulled back the curtains beside my bed to see sheets of rain ponding on the road. I watched for a long time. I listened, and I counted the seconds as the traffic light down the r...
ROBERTS RUMINATES: A Place for Piles Laura Jackson Roberts November 17, 2018 We tidied up our house the other day. It was in desperate need, and during the miserable exercise — one replete with whining and bickering and arguments about who was absolutely not going to pick up that shoe o...
ROBERTS RUMINATES: Two Types of People Laura Jackson Roberts October 27, 2018 When I was a kid, Halloween was a fun time of year. We bought pumpkins at the Barnesville Pumpkin Festival, and on the way home, our elephant ear sugar-highs fueled elaborate costume plans. A few weeks later, w...
Roberts Ruminates: Disorderly Conduct Laura Jackson Roberts September 29, 2018 1 I enjoy getting the mail. There’s always some hope when I go to the front porch each day. Maybe a paycheck has come, maybe a package from Amazon on which I’ve already blown said forthcoming paycheck. Maybe, at ...
Roberts Ruminates: Ode to This Road Laura Jackson Roberts April 7, 2018 6 The National Road runs like an artery right through our community. It wasn’t originally meant to come through Wheeling, though. It began in Cumberland, Md., and ultimately ended in Vandalia, Ill., but thanks to...
