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A Final Thought: Salt the Water, Not the Grits
I was informed last week that I have not written about my Georgia/Alabama heritage in a while, so I’d like to tackle a controversial subject: Grits. I know many Ohioans don’t like grits, but that may be because you’re expecting too much of them. Grits is a simple food, requiring an accompaniment—salt, pepper and butter at the very...
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En Garde Deer Defense can help stop the deer destruction of your hydrangeas and roses and day-lilies and hostas and geraniums and more
A co-worker of mine recently invested in a beautiful rose at a local garden center. It reminded her of the roses her grandmother used to tend. “I don’t normally spend this kind of money on a plant,” she said. “It really spoke to me. It was beautiful.” She planted the rose with great care, digging the hole extra wide and enhancing the...
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The Gutter Boys will make your gutters ready to receive summer storms
When you live this close to one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world, you can count on one thing: major summer storms. And when the downpours come, your gutters need to be ready to handle the intense volume of water to deliver it away from your home’s foundation. One local company can keep your gutters flowing freely whether you want...
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From the music of Rascal Flatts to Billy Joel to Taylor Swift, a free concert series is launching in Green
One of the City of Green’s top amenities is Central Park, which features the Community Hall, a gaga ball pit, a 1-mile walking trail, three ponds, a playground, a splash pad, and, of course, the amphitheater. But since the pandemic, there has not been an organized, concentrated effort to invite people to the amphitheater. That’s changing...
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A Final Thought: A ChatGPT Spring
I did it. I finally did what lazy writers have been doing for months now. I asked ChatGPT to write my column for me. I’m ashamed and embarrassed (my mother raised me better), but also fascinated. I asked the OpenAI system to write a 600-word essay about spring in Northeast Ohio. Two seconds later, here is the opening paragraph of the first...
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