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Darlene Friesen
Feeling young again
Yesterday I took a stroll down memory lane, and it made me feel young again. I don’t know about other parts of the U.S., but in the Midwest we used to celebrate May Day, May first, by making and distributing May Baskets. In my youth...
About Town: What to do about computer problems
Here I am endeavoring to type this column and the darned computer is acting up again. I do know that Darlene hit the wrong button soon after the typing started, and ever since then the computer wants to tell me all of its secrets. It keeps repeating...
About Town: Cool, clear water
Boy oh boy! Am I ever glad we no longer have to count the number of glasses of water we drink every day. It was pounded into our heads when we were kids that we needed 8 glasses of water every day. Then a year or so ago they said that it...
About Town: 'Fly me to the moon!'
I know that most of you have heard that song for many years. It is now taking on a new meaning. You can be cremated when you die, and, then, for the sum of about $10,000.00 you can have your ashes sent up to the moon for burial. Of course, there wouldn’t...
Wondering about the wondrous weather
When I first started writing this column, the darn computer wouldn’t talk to me. I could not figure out what I was doing wrong, since the computer really likes to talk. I finally phoned my friend, Linda, and found out that I was typing into nothingness...
To Bear or not to Bear
That is the question. Of course I speak of firearms, and the right to bear them is in our Constitution so how do we solve the problem? I understand that the Supreme Court was schedules to hear the appeal on this question last Tuesday, but I doubt if...
Hoping to walk a mile or two a day at home
Do you know how many steps there are between your bed and your kitchen sink? I know that's a dumb question to ask, but I counted mine the other day.I knew that it was a lot of steps since my bedroom is in one addition to my original house while the kitchen...
Which came first?
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? That still seems to be quite a question, but what I want to know is which came first in Orland in the past 10 years or so'People or land developers? We have so many empty houses in our little community now,...
About Town: It's funny that you can still learn something new every day
On Saturday the Monday Afternoon Women's Club in Willows hosted a meeting for women who belonged to clubs from Gridley north to Susanville. Three members from Susanville, in addition to the other 40 nearby club members, drove down to Willows for the...
Where's my Blackberry?
Must be I'm getting old, do you think? I just now heard the announcer on TV say due to a power shortage in Chico, blackberry users were having trouble with their blackberries. It is still wintertime. Blackberries are either frozen or in jars or cans....
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