The Casual Gardener (15)
Shawna Lee Coronado is an author, newspaper columnist, blogger, energetic keynote speaker, and environmental and health correspondent. She is focused on teaching and living a green lifestyle.
Her book “Gardening Nude” encourages healthier living by exposure to nature, greening, and community building. Visit Shawna's prime website for more information on her book and other media - www.thecasualgardener.com. Shawna’s gardening blog is http://thecasualgardener.blogspot.com and her greening blog is www.gardeningnude.com.
Do This At Home (in the kitchen) (6)
Margaret, aka Maggie, has written for and edited the foremost online literary food journal, the "Daily Gullet" at egullet.org. Her work is included in the annual anthology, “Best Food Writing 2009.” She lives, writes, cooks and gardens in Warrenville. We are privileged to be able to feast on her writing talent and culinary offerings.
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The Happy Runner (15)
Dwight Sherman writes his weekly column for Village Chronicles and is also a contributing author for other news in the paper.
Neighbor to Neighbor (11)
Bobbie Mignin has been writing since grade school and was first published in Archie Comic Books with an essay that won her a cash first prize. She was hooked on writing and had over 12 “pen pals” (remember those?) in junior high and still writes to one of them. In college, with a journalism minor, she worked at the school newspaper for all four years and started her own column, “Voice of the People,” gathering student opinions on current events and campus news. She was active with the literary writing and poetry groups.
After college, she was an ad copywriter and then went on to work at Merrill Lynch. While working full time, she wrote poetry and a few stories for magazines.
She has lived in Warrenville for 23 years and is a solid White Sox fan. In the early 90’s she became a writer/reporter for the Press Republican Newspaper chain and asked her editor if she could write a column about “anything and everything” and was given the green light. Neighbor to Neighbor was born and over 600 columns later, as a freelance writer, she brought the column back to Warrenville. She has written over 300 feature stories and covered various civic meetings for several years. She continues to freelance as a writer/reporter/publicist.
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Pedal Power (19)
Tom Jones author of the “Pedal Power” column completed a 25 year career in Transportation and Distribution before getting into the Bicycle business. Midwest Cyclery in Downtown Wheaton has been a family operation for 29 years.
Tom and his wife Helen have been married 55 years; have 5 adult children, 11 grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
Tom is a member of the National Bicycle Dealers Association, serves on the Board of Directors of the League of Illinois Bicyclists, and the Warrenville Bicyclists and Pedestrian Advisory Commission. Tom recently retired from several years as a volunteer doing Bike Patrol for the DuPage County Forest Preserve District. He currently is a volunteer for the Bike Patrol unit at the Morton Arboretum., and is a volunteer for the DuPage County Sherriff’s STAR Patrol.
Tom is extremely interested in Bicycle advocacy, which he tries to emphasize in each of his columns.View items...
Eat, Drink and Be Merry, But Try to Keep It Real
Written by Bobbie S. MigninMarketing is such an expansive, innovative, sometimes annoying business that entices people to buy products that we didn’t even know we wanted. Just some clever words, maybe some attractive actors hired to shill a product, and zap!—we want to buy it.
I always disliked the commercials where they make females look daft, like when they don’t know how to choose the perfect detergent for dirty clothes, or they’re in a dither about dinner—puh-leeeze.
Last week I drove past a group of more than 30 cyclists, all on “road bikes,” and, get this, they were actually riding single file! Maybe our repeated message about safe cycling is working.
A Few Easy Tips on Sustainable Gardening from Rob Sperl
Written by Shawna CoronadoRecently a lot of attention has been paid to obesity rates is this country. Apparently, we Americans are fatter than we have ever been. The persistence of obesity appears to be leveling off, if I correctly understand a recent study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Twenty-five years ago, Walter T. Selsted invented and patented his swimming pool cleaner, a small vacuum device that makes its way over the entire surface of the pool, encountering and removing, via serpentine hose, all floating leaves, needles, bugs and other debris—a robotic pool boy, sans sun screen.
I pulled out my file yesterday, searching for a mysterious and magic recipe I received a few years ago. The itch was on me—I hadn’t made this soup in far too long, and I laughed at the last line of the on the printout: “It’s very fresh in the wintertime.”
This year, my big challenge is to again grow an ornamental veggie garden in my front yard, something I started last year.
Since we live in Warrenville (Zone 5), some vegetables need to get a head start indoors. Of course, you can purchase these plants at a local garden nursery or greenhouse, but it costs next to nothing to start your own plants from seeds.
Whether you are taking a short trip to the corner store or heading out for a long ride, always wear a helmet. Make sure to fit and fasten it properly.
Ride consistently and predictably. For example, at intersections, do not veer into the crosswalk and then suddenly reappear on the road again. Being inconsistent increases the chances of being squeezed out of traffic or, worse, getting hit.
This year was different. Businesses, large and small, cut back or omitted parties. Some requested “no spouses or guests.” Gone are the days of company dinners or even lavish appetizer spreads with an open bar. Bonuses? Hardly. Corporate
Editor’s note: Our holiday hiatus and the reconstruction of the website have rendered this column a bit untimely. Your tastebuds do not heed the calendar however, so we urge you to partake, albeit the holidays are behind us.
I remember going to Woolworth’s in Trois-Rivieres,
