My Turn

A popular essay topic is: What movie should everyone see and why? In 2015, Disney/Pixar gave us “Inside/Out,” which delivers…

There is this stray, female cat hanging out at the Twain post office, Cappleman tells me. Pam says she is…

Social distancing is a new practice for many people throughout the United States as guidelines to prevent the spread of…

I have been a germaphobe this entire cold and flu season and until now (knock on wood) it has served…

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” — Benjamin Franklin   It’s no secret I have no love for…

I adore children. Right up until the age of 12. If you ask me, 13-year-olds are probably the reason boarding…

Many of you that know me are aware that I personally am not a huge believer in the positive attributes…

Disaster Thinking My first great love committed suicide when he was 28 and I was 34. After coming out of…

It’s Valentine’s Day and I have eyes for only one man — OK maybe three men if I am being…

Going into 2020 as a whole, I have had a lot to reflect upon from the past year, and as…

Well, we’re in it now, folks. The political season is in full swing, and like a giant pendulum, our views,…

In small communities like ours here in Plumas County, you know just about everyone. You greet the postal workers by…

I spend too much time on Facebook. “I’m a reader,” I tell myself. “What am I doing on here? I…

At 1 a.m. on New Year’s Day I finished my first project of 2020. That’s a lie, actually. I’d started…

It’s the first of the year; I should be happy — thrilled to be alive — right? While I’m excited…