From Our ReadersIssue Date: June 13, 2019 Letter to the Editor:
Is your vision for the future for our community viewed through the lens of "what I see now will be forever?" I am stuck with what I have, "nothing will change."
The REALITY IS that everything changes, always. However, the system works gradually, at such a pace that we can be lulled to believe that what we see and feel today is the future.
A few years ago, I was a chaperone on a bus trip. The trip included overnight travel. At about 2:30 am, we were traveling on the interstate south...
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Country CousinIssue Date: June 13, 2019Shirley Prudhomme Spring is in full bloom in TIMESland. Summer has peeked in on us a few times, but keep the umbrella handy, and don't put away all your jackets yet, if ever. This is Wisconsin, after all.
The weathermen are promising us cool temperatures and a lot of rain again for the next 10 days, with highs in the 60s, but once again we're in luck They're promising mostly sunshine for Saturday and Sunday, June 15 and 16. Incidentally, last year at this time there were temperatures in the 90s. That spate of Global Warming was short lived!MORE | SUBSCRIBE
From My WindowIssue Date: June 13, 2019Janie Thibodeau Martin One of the things on my long list of desired post-retirement activities was to join a yoga class. Several people had recommended this to me; and I heard and read good things about yoga for both building flexibility and improving balance. Those abilities deteriorate as we age, so the potential benefits were obvious. All the same it took a bit of guts to go to the first class.
Joining an activity where most people have been participating as a group for a while is a little intimidating. There is the factor of feeling out of place, fear of ...
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Country CousinIssue Date: June 6, 2019Shirley Prudhomme Summer has finally arrived in TIMESLand! Nearly three weeks late, but lilacs finally are blooming, as are fruit trees and ornamentals in orchards and along city and village streets. Most gardens and fields are finally getting dry enough to plant. Hopefully the warm sunny days will a least slow down the mosquitoes and tick hatches.
Weather forecasters are promising summer weather, with daytime highs in the 80s for the next two weeks. Still talking lots of rain during the week, but fine weather for the coming two weekends. This coming F...
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From My WindowIssue Date: June 6, 2019By Jane Thibodeau Martin, Due to the relentlessly bad weather in Oklahoma recently, we made an unexpected trip there to help our son and his family do some cleanup. So I packed a quick bag of the essentials including two books for the long car ride.
There are two things that happen when I read a truly great book. One is I instantly think of six people I need to loan the book to; and the other is I continue to think about the book as I go about my daily life after I finish it. Both things happened with these books.
The one I'd like to reflect on is "...
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