My mother was known as a very wise woman.  On a regular basis, women would come to our house seeking my mother’s wisdom. I vividly recall her various friends sitting around the kitchen table, waiting for my mom to help them solve their issues and make sense of their predicament.  She somehow had a knack at understanding people and seeing through to the truth in every situation. One of my mother’s favorite sayings was “don’t air your dirty laundry”.  She felt that you shouldn’t share all the bad…See More

The Plain Dealer, a newspaper out of Cleveland, Ohio published an editorial entitled, Coal Plants Loss Will Hurt Ohio.  The article stated that six coal plants,  four in Ohio and two in Pennsylvania, were going to close and in the writer's opinion, that was a bad thing.  He states that, "It appears the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new mercury standards were the last straw.  Reducing emissions of mercury, a known neurotoxin implicated in birth defects, is important. But the impact of…See More