Nancy Camden

'Neither snow nor rain': Museum shows what it took to get your mail

Nancy Camden — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:25:12 +0000

Wanted: Young skinny wiry fellows. Not over eighteen. Must be expert riders. Willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred. Wages were $25 per week.

This is an example of what you might find at the U.S. Post Office Museum in Marshall. It's an ad to hire men for the pony express...and the job sounds less than appealing.

Let worms do the work on your garbage

Nancy Camden — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:39:36 +0000

The next time you put food scraps down your garbage disposal or in your garbage can, consider using nature’s garbage disposal, vermicomposting. Vermi is Latin for worm. So, it’s composting using worms.

Retiree finds new joy in the tuba, despite bad memories

Nancy Camden — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:15:52 +0000

“I didn’t play my horn for a long time because I just got burned out, played too many funerals,” says Kalamazoo tuba player George Forrester Sr. He plays with the Kalamazoo Concert Band. Their concert, “Through the Eyes of a Child” will be performed Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in Cheney Auditorium.

Compost tea provides natural alternative to lawn fertilizer

Nancy Camden — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:43:00 +0000

It’s officially spring and while some people are starting to think about fertilizing their lawn, others are using compost tea.

Seniors have fun while tap dancing their way to health

Nancy Camden — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:05:00 +0000

“You don’t even realize you are exercising,” one dancer offered. Another said, “My balance is better. My flexibility is better.” Bob Husser feels that a lot of people would like to tap dance but they’re afraid to try.