Rohse: Do you remember way back when?
Certainly, it is not wise to live in the past. But that’s not to say we shouldn’t enjoy the nostalgia of “Yesteryear McMinnville” — the l960s, ’70s, and before and after. Rohse ...
Rohse: Tripped up by dance etiquette
Emily Post, America’s etiquette guru, should have been dethroned because of the etiquette she devised for ballroom and public dances: The etiquette of gals submissively following male partners as ...
Plant seeds of bright new days
Every 24 hours, we wake up to a bright new day. Will we, then, just sit down, receive this day — and bask in its bright newness until it passes? Or will we give a bit of thought as to why this day ...
For those who speak French
I wish I were an accomplished linguist and could converse in Spanish, or Italian, or French — or even Russian — but I was somewhat disadvantaged at the outset. Our school at Monument offered ...
Good Friday wasn’t good at all
Good Friday, March 27, 1964, was not a good day. In Alaska it was not a good day. In California it was not a good day. And at Beverly Beach State Park on the Oregon coast, it was the saddest day imaginable. Four ...
McMinnville statistician extraordinaire
For the love of baseball and records
Epidemic of the fear of the dark
I do not like the dark. I dread the coming of shorter days, when the darkness of mid-afternoon creeps in and takes away our day.
Remembering the wildflowers on Second St.
Plantings are beautiful, improve habitat and reduce maintenance
