Octogenarian revels in Little Dresses for Africa sewing project
Following a passion she likens to eating potato chips, Walla Wallan Jane Samples has taken to her sewing machine as a kid to a candy store while embracing a project dear to her heart.
Old phones brrringgg! back fond memories
Some of you might remember rotary-dial phones. You know, those big, thick, heavy plastic and metal things with a curly cord attached and a finger dial in the middle that took a long time and a lot of patience to get the number you wanted?
Cowboys cousins rein in on Crohn's disease awareness
Most experts believe that Crohn’s is an abnormal bowel disease that inflames the lining of the digestive system and can lead to flare-ups. The Crohn’s Online website, www.crohnsoline.com/, also reports that inflammation is at the root of symptoms for more than 500,000 American men and women who have this diagnosis.
Spring still sits on the bench; to get nod soon
Your peripatetic weatherperson has hit the road in search of spring 2013, which has been missing in action over the past several days in southeastern Washington as well as many other parts of our great land.
Caffeine gives bees a buzz, memory jolt
A friend of mine recently returned to the United States from military deployment to Afghanistan. One of the first things he did when he reached a Texas military base was to buy a cup of espresso.
DeSales grads become life-lengthening friends
You know how going to your spouse’s class reunion can be a labor of love? You’re there, hanging out with people you may only see at reunions, smiling at insider jokes you don’t understand and watching your other half dance with others a little maniacally as they project their inner high schooler.
Randy's day to be the classroom pet
With a confident stride, Randy took me down the long hall at Rogers Elementary School in College Place.
New Red Cross boss in town
Melissa Buckley has learned a few things since graduating from Walla Walla High School in 1995.
Spring is back
An early bloomer, this hepatica in College Place makes it gloriously clear: Spring has returned. The seasonal solstice occurs Wednesday.
Cowboys cousins rein in on Crohn’s disease awareness
Most experts believe that Crohn’s is an abnormal bowel disease that inflames the lining of the digestive system and can lead to flare-ups. The Crohn’s Online website, www.crohnsoline.com/, also reports that inflammation is at the root of symptoms for more than 500,000 American men and women who have this diagnosis.
Lightening the load
The Cancer Resource Center provides a lifeline for people coping with the disease.
First comes the dread one feels when told he or she has cancer.
Nothing like mud to put a shine on life
It does not take a philosophical giant of a mind to recognize that the creative process rarely focuses upon logic, reason or a cautiously ordered path of investigation.
When vines face frost, answer blows in wind
Recent email brought multiple missives from several regular readers of The Weathervine, many of whom were all too eager to share their own personal top-10 plague lists. A discouraging number of them included an item regarding “wise-acre weathermen who don’t confine their remarks to matters meteorological,” or something very similar.
A puzzle where brainpower trumps jelly
“Jelly no Puzzle” wants to beat you. It hides this fact well at first. You boot up the video game and it bleats out a catchy digital tune that sounds like it’s promising something like an adventure, a journey of some sort.
Divorce law vague on visitation costs
Dear John, I live in Portland. My son and ex-wife live in Walla Walla. She moved there after our divorce. I drive to Walla Walla every other Saturday morning, see my son, stay the night with him in a hotel room and then drive home Sunday evening after spending Sunday with him. I pay child support and half of the daycare
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