With the sunshine of the past week and temperatures tickling the 60-degree mark, I have begun to feel a special awareness that spring is just around the corner. A certain energy and revitalization is slowly creeping into this 78-year-old body that has sought the languid warmth and coziness of home[Read More…]
Author: PAT EDWARDS for The Chronicle
Vaccine experience a boost to morale
Yay! Jim and I were able to get our first COVID-19 vaccine shots last Sunday. We pre-registered with the Lane County Public Health department and once our age groups became eligible, we watched my email account for invitations to schedule our appointments. Jim was eligible a week before I was,[Read More…]
Post-pandemic life: Seeing family, travel and dining out top list
This week, Jim became eligible for the COVID-19 vaccination. He is 81, and we are eagerly awaiting the phone call or email that will give him a time to go in for his first shot. It’s been a long time coming, and we are so thankful that our son, a[Read More…]
Capitol attack adds even more heartbreak
FILE PHOTO Jim and Pat Edwards visiting Washington, D.C., in 2019, in front of the U.S. Capitol. I am heartbroken. The attack on the United States Capitol building and members of our House of Representatives and Senate was too fresh for me to write about last week. As I watched[Read More…]
Delayed, postponed and canceled: Here’s to doing things again in 2021
PHOTO PROVIDED Dwight and Barbara (back); Jim and Pat Edwards (front) on board a train in Alaska. LORANE – In the summer of 2018, my sister and brother-in-law, Barbara (I call her B.J.) and Dwight Isborn, moved from their beautiful home above Cottage Grove Lake to an equally beautiful home[Read More…]
Angels on our shoulder remind us to treasure blessings
The 2020 holiday season is here and like so many others I have talked to, I’m having difficulties feeling any excitement or joy. We have all been surrounded by so much turmoil throughout the year, dealing with the pandemic, racial unrest, the destruction of homes and families by the wildfires,[Read More…]
Territorial Road project shut down for winter
Officials said Tuesday that the Territorial Road project at Stony Point was being shut down for the winter. “Travel through the construction area is back to two-way travel and (the traffic) signals have been removed,” a statement read. Concrete barriers line the steep drop-off areas to ensure that cars don’t[Read More…]
Let’s try to find a way to be unified again
In the early morning of Friday, Nov. 6, I awoke at 6:30 a.m. with only about five hours of sleep. I had been struggling to know what I can write about this week; what could I say that would mean anything? As with almost everyone in our country, the presidential[Read More…]
Territorial Highway progress continues
Much progress is being made on the Territorial Highway Project at Stony Point the past few weeks. A traffic light has been installed and a concrete barrier has been erected so that one-way traffic can proceed in a single lane around the worst part of the existing road that has[Read More…]
Saddened by sudden loss of a dear friend
Phyllis and Charles Drullinger A few days ago we learned of the sudden and tragic death of a good friend, and I write this with a heavy heart. Life-long Lorane resident Charles Drullinger was killed in a farming accident on Oct. 27. Charles and his wife Phyllis have two adult[Read More…]
