Leaves from the Past
Historic Manuscripts
By Lucinda Ann Horning
1842-1931
Illustrated by her great granddaughter
Jan Barba Horn
Transcribed from the original journals
By Mary Lee Hope
Hard Cover $19.95
By BILL DUNCAN
The News-Review
“Leaves from the Past,” is an appropriate title for the beautiful preservation of Jan Barba Horn’s great grandmother’s journals that began when Lucinda Ann Horning, who was born in [...]
By BILL DUNCAN
The Elderstatesman
I made my annual purchase of beer this weekend. Let me explain. I don’t drink beer, or for that matter any alcoholic beverages. My purpose in buying a six-pack is for my war chest.
I stocked up on ammunition after I read a garden bulletin that because of the wet winter and spring, [...]
By BILL DUNCAN
The Elderstatesman
I know what the calendar says. As of Sunday, Spring has arrived. Don’t believe it.
Not even the super moon can convince me winter is over.
Oh, I look out the window and see the tulips and the daffodils in full bloom. I see the fruit trees dressed in whites and pinks. But I [...]
By BILL DUNCAN
The Elderstatesman
There is no other way to say it, we’ve had some ugly weather of late, ripping wind storms, snow, hail, rain, sometimes all within a matter of hours.
What amazes me is the TV meteorologists insist on calling this constant battering, “pretty.” Nightly, I hear those weather prognosticators say the weather is “pretty [...]
By BILL DUNCAN
The Elderstatesman
When my granddaughter, Melissa was a child she was a frequent contributor to my monthly newsletter, GrandpaNews, which I did for all my grandchildren. I encouraged contributions from all of them, but Melissa was my shining star. I sensed she would be a writer one day.
She moved from the West Coast to [...]
By BILL DUNCAN
The Elderstatesman
Old columns never die, they become new columns.
That happened to me the other day when I opened my email and found a message from
Barry Parr, and English teacher from Castro Valley, Calif. about a column I wrote in August 2006. The column was about a 100-year-old home on Davis Street in Oakland, [...]
Damaged Goods
A Novel
By Heather Sharfeddin
Bantam Books
Trade Paperback $15
By BILL DUNCAN
The News-Review
Heather Sharfeddin (Sharf-a-deen) entertained her first grade class in Idaho with whopper stories she made up, a gift that has parlayed itself into a full time career as a novelist and the author of four novels all with Pacific Northwest settings. The McMinnville, Ore. [...]
