Fashion Jack: Ventriloquism & colors

Q.  I think I’m in love with a ventriloquist. He’s witty and smart, and he has the most beautiful big brown eyes. I think...

Creature Corner: May 21, 2015

Poppy has been adopted. Yay, for finding your forever home. Introducing the survivors from Highway 243: Catnis, the Maltese, Peeta the brown and white, and...

Past Tense: May 21, 2015

65 years ago - 1950 The Town Crier, which first saw the light of day in the Maxwells’ attic, moved into the rock building at...

Off the Main Roads: The mountains are calling …

“The mountains are calling and I must go,” wrote John Muir in a letter to his sister. Now, good old John Muir didn’t say, “The...

Past Tense: May 14, 2015

65 years ago - 1950 Mildred Thorn, Theda and Bob Simpson and Emsy Dunn were  selected as leaders of the Chamber of Commerce’s July 4th...

Journal from the James: Spring at the James …

It is that time of the year again, the time we typically call springtime. For those of you who follow the annual trip of...

Creature Corner: May 14, 2015

Poppy has been adopted. Yea, for finding your forever home. Introducing the survivors from Highway 243: Catnis, the Maltese, Peeta the brown and white, and...

Before Our Time: Strawberry Plaza’s birth was controversial …

I appreciate the walkable convenience of one-stop shopping at the post office, food markets, bank, pharmacy and library, all situated in and around Strawberry...

Fire and Forest: Buy local firewood — keep pests off the Hill …

Around the house we can always find pests that are more of a nuisance in our everyday lives than they are damaging — irritants...

Creature Corner: May 7, 2015

Introducing the survivors from Highway 243: Catnis, the Maltese, Peeta the brown and white, and Rue, the Chihuahua-mix. For days the community and animal control...
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