- Many worked to make Festival of Lights a success
- December 8, 2015
- To the editor: The weather was beautiful Saturday for the Festival of Lights Parade on Saturday. I would like to thank everyone who came out to enjoy the festivities. I would also like to take this time to thank a number of poeple who made the day possible, starting with Lucretia Carlson. She has been my partner in planning this event for the last nine years, and her husband, Russ Carlsonm for announcing the parade for the last three years.
- Musings from the Hill, Dec. 10, 2015
- December 8, 2015
- Every year, I print this poem in honor of the happy times supplied by my mother Margaret van Haagen Howe under trying circumstances,
- Musings from the Hill, Dec. 3, 2015
- December 1, 2015
- Thank goodness for Sarah Baker, an editor with the Baker University newspaper, The Baker Orange. Lately, I seem to have lost all track of time and dates. How quickly time flies by. Sarah graciously helps me with my weekly column, corrects my typing errors, and contributes in many ways too numerous to mention.
- Musings for the Hill, Nov. 25, 2015
- November 23, 2015
- “Over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house we go. The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh, through the white and drifted snow. We seem to go extremely slow. It is so hard to wait. Hooray for the fun, is the pudding done? Hooray for Thanksgiving Day!” So goes the old, old song.
- Musings from the Hill
- November 17, 2015
- I wonder if anyone ever ponders the fact that the months of September and October were crucial to our winning the American Revolution. Gen, George Washington decided it was useless to fight the Loyalists in New York and the surrounding vicinity.
- Musings from the HIll, Nov. 12, 2115
- November 10, 2015
- Another Halloween has come and gone. Oh, how the years fly swiftly to the sweet by and by of the days of our youth. According to recent polls, Halloween is now ranked just below Christmas in money spent on decorations, costume and “trick or treat” handouts.
- Musing from the Hill, Nov. 5, 2015
- November 3, 2015
- Halloween pranks of long ago from interviews of many years ago. I really got an earful! Sadly some who contributed are no longer with us, but their stories are so good they deserve repeating.
- Musings from the Hill, Oct. 29, 2015
- October 27, 2015
- Halloween! Wicked witches, ghosts and goblins, black cats, bats and grinning jack-o-lanterns. Did you ever wonder how it all began? When we put on masks and light the pumpkins, we are observing traditions with roots lost in the mists of time.
- Musings from the Hill, Oct. 22, 2015
- October 20, 2015
- The Maple Leaf celebration was this weekend. I was fearful our gorgeous trees, which briefly turn our town into a fantasy
- Lumberyard Arts Center grateful for help with Bluegrass and BBQ
- October 13, 2015
- The Lumberyard Arts Center fundraiser event, Bluegrass and BBQ was a great success.
- Musings from the Hill, Oct. 15, 2015
- October 13, 2015
- Maple Leaf time is when our town turns upsy daisy, because of the hard work and effort on the part of many devoted people. Thank you to all who make this well-known celebration possible.
- Musings from the Hill, Oct. 8, 2015
- October 6, 2015
- There were many explorations of the New World long before Christopher Columbus. I have collected articles for years of discoveries of ancient inscriptions on rocks from far north of Canada, along coastal regions of the United States and the eastern coasts of South America
- Musing from the Hill, Oct. 1, 2015
- September 29, 2015
- We recently celebrated grandparents’ day. I often wonder how many grandchildren today benefit from the counsel and the family values imparted to them by grandparents or great-grandparents and close-by relatives. Years ago, one of my numerous grandchildren, who attended grade school in Colorado,
- Musings from the Hill, Sept. 24, 2015
- September 22, 2015
- “A CELEBRATION OF TOM”—There will be an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Lumberyard Arts Center to honor of the late local legend Tom Russell. Professor Walt Bailey will be in charge of this historic exhibit.
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