Trego's Mountain Ear

At the start of each school year, Trego School hosts its annual BBQ which serves as something of a meet and greet for the community. It’s this Saturday and Noon. There will be food and the opportunity to meet new staff, visit with familiar faces, and check out any changes that have been made to Read more

Nobody filed as a democrat for the Lincoln County positions – and the only competitive race in the primary was between republicans for county commissioner.  Basically, all the county’s administrative positions are determined in the courthouse, then we get to vote for a single slate of candidates. When I was a lot younger, my elementary Read more

Its getting a bit frustrating looking at single party elections.  As a demographer, I’m kind of cynical about how congressional districts are gerrymandered every ten years after the census.  It’s easiest to find conservative articles on the evils of gerrymandering because the dims are better at it.  Doesn’t really make any difference, since the republicans Read more

Our old coyote – a long-time resident – has been gone for about a year.  He was a pretty good neighbor, who avoided the area around the house, left the little dogs alone, and hunted with his one-eyed consort.  We watched her and she would hunt the edge of the trees while he would work Read more

I found myself explaining that being a tree is sort of the plant equivalent of being a crab. There’s a ton of variety of trees out there, and they all look, well, like trees. The thing about that is, they aren’t really closely related at all. An apple tree is more closely related to a Read more