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Guest Editorial
By this time next week, Deutschesfest will be over, and a lot of hardworking volunteers will be able to step back and heave a sigh of relief. For a little while, anyway. We need to... — Updated 9/18/2013
Advice from a small town girl
It's Tuesday morning. I have an appointment with a dental hygienist at 9 o'clock. The Chamber of Commerce meets at noon. Want to guess which appointment I dread the most? I'll give... — Updated 9/12/2013
Advice from a small-town girl
Today is Labor Day, so of course I’ve spent it laboring. I’ve moved a few hundred bolts of fabric. Some of them more than once, since I don’t really have a plan. Now I’m... — Updated 9/5/2013
Advice from a small town girl
Oops. I didn’t get around to writing a column last week. It was probably because I was out sweeping the cobwebs off the storefront. Or maybe washing my feet. At any rate, time got... — Updated 8/28/2013
Advice from a small town girl
I just got back from a short stay in my home town. I’m pretty sure I should have stayed longer, but I ran away. I usually do. My dad fell last week, and the results weren’t... — Updated 8/14/2013
Advice from a small town girl
Recently, someone asked me to address (in this column) the issue of bringing more visitors to Odessa to shop in our retail establishments. Believe me, it’s not a topic foreign to... — Updated 8/8/2013
Advice from a small town girl
This past Sunday, I spent much of the day outdoors, trying to reclaim what little there is of a vegetable garden. Which got me to thinking about how much trouble I have managing my... — Updated 7/31/2013
Advice from a small town girl
I think I’ll poke a little fun at the editor this week. Really, I’m poking fun at myself, but I’m disguising it. Every once in a while, I forget to write my own headline for... — Updated 7/24/2013
Advice from a small town girl
So, I'm sitting around this morning, feeling all glum and gloomy, because I hate summer. That’s right, you read it right. Lise hates summer. Lise has ALWAYS hated summer. I’m... — Updated 7/17/2013
Advice from a small town girl
I've always been pretty good at arithmetic. Not a whiz, you understand, but pretty good. Once beyond arithmetic and into math, however, all bets are off. But I've been thinking late... — Updated 7/10/2013
Advice from a small town girl
It’s Independence Day. Or the 4th of July, as we usually call it. But (as of this morning) I’ve decided to go back to calling it Independence Day. I have great plans for this... — Updated 7/4/2013
Advice from a small town girl
You know, I’ve always thought of myself as a basically honest person. In fact, I like to think of myself as above average in that regard. When I find paper money on the street, I... — Updated 6/25/2013
Advice from a small town girl
I'm a little cranky today. I've never read the Divine Comedy, the epic poem written by Dante Aligieri. Having seen paintings inspired by the first section, usually called Dante's... — Updated 6/13/2013
Advice from a small town girl
I'm fresh back from International Quilt Market in Portland. Well, I don't feel particularly fresh - I'm still tired, but you know what I mean. Talk about a fish out of water. Now,... — Updated 5/24/2013
Advice from a small town girl
I’ve decided I need a fight song. I was on my way home from town last night when the idea occurred to me. The first thing you need to know is that yesterday was the first day of... — Updated 5/19/2013
Advice from a small town girl
I feel like a medical marvel today. Never mind that the medical professionals I spent some quality time with yesterday do this kind of thing all day, every day. I still feel like a... — Updated 5/13/2013
Advice from a small town girl
I have a recurring dream. I actually think of it as a nightmare, but it doesn’t feature monsters or murderers. It features forgetting. In the dream, I am sitting in the hallway... — Updated 4/25/2013
Advice from a small town girl
This morning I was nearly witness to an accident at the intersection of Highways 21 and 28. A large black tractor-trailer rig nearly T-boned a white SUV. It appeared to me that the... — Updated 4/20/2013
Advice from a small town girl
It’s time to change my theme song. This realization came to me as I was driving to Spokane last week. I don’t know why epiphanies only seem to happen when I’m doing something... — Updated 4/12/2013
Advice from a small town girl
As I was reading (yet another) book that promised to have the solution to my weight problem, I realized that what I really want is to be a success story. Success stories are intende... — Updated 3/30/2013
Advice from a small town girl
I’ve been thinking about labels lately. Not the ones we should all be reading at the grocery store. Not the ones that tell us where our clothing is made. Not even the ones that... — Updated 3/23/2013
Advice from a small town girl
I’ve never really thought of myself as much of a gambler. In fact, I was stunned when I moved here and found out how many people just loved getting in the car and driving a... — Updated 3/9/2013
Advice from a small town girl
They say it’s always darkest before the dawn. Mind you, I don’t know who “they” are, and I don’t really care. But I’ve been thinking lately, mostly as I’m driving to... — Updated 3/3/2013
Advice from a small town girl
There’s a hole in my living room today. Not an actual hole, mind you. It’s just the space where my piano once sat. You see, I gave my piano away this weekend. My piano was just... — Updated 2/24/2013