Ask Strider: Our advice columnist turns to the problems of making friends and keeping them. As usual, he counsels restraint in troubled friendships, and asks the Old Cedar Tree what to do about making friends in the first place. The Old Cedar Tree has interesting thoughts on the subject.
Ask Strider: In this column greeting the new year, Strider is grateful for so many things — people, memories and feelings, good and bad. From an organization that helps dogs on the street, to a reader imagining a chip encoded with a dog’s entire story, to the warmth of kind wishes during sad times, Strider embraces it all. His paw on your foot. Really.
Ask Strider: In this column, our advice columnist urges a frazzled volunteer to slow down and enjoy the winter. He also celebrates the holiday season, which for Strider and Woody is every day they are with their loved ones.
Ask Strider: In this column, a reader wonders how they should handle the end of a loved one’s life. Strider has sad experience of this, and puts his paw firmly on the reader’s foot, to offer what support and comfort his own story might give.
Ask Strider: This column, our advice columnist slyly points out the main advantage of aging. And wonders why we’re putting up with the discombobulation of Daylight Savings Time when regular time is perfectly all right on its own.
Ask Strider: Our advice columnist has a dream to relate. Other dogs have told him about their top dreams too. And his experiences at the dog park lead him to believe there are a number of ways to handle your attendance (or not) at a holiday party.
Ask Strider: Our advice columnist has hints on how to handle it when someone steps into your lane — at the dog park, during a neighborhood conversation, or at a family gathering. Gentle but firm is his counsel. Emphasis on the firm.
Ask Strider: This column, the Dog about Town recommends bright colors for dogs in hunting season, deep breathing for anxious humans, and insouciance when confronted with unwarranted snark. As always, he’s sympathetic to every worry.
Ask Strider: This week, our advice columnist enthuses about walking in a Rogue Valley autumn, the best way to treat a sick friend, and how to introduce yourself to a fellow human being.
Ask Strider: This week, the Dog about Town gives advice to a mom who wonders if she should adopt a puppy. He’s totally in favor, but, to be fair, thinks she should know what’s she’s getting into.
Obituary: Proud mom and devoted wife, Mary Louise “Mary Lou” Viola Carlson, 93, passed away in hospice Jan. 19 in Medford. A celebration of life will be held this spring when the flowers are blooming and the birds are singing.
Because the list of Ashland’s accomplishments in 2024 would be too long to read out loud, she would have to stick to the highlights, Mayor Tonya Graham said Wednesday, starting off her annual State of the City address in a packed Rogue River Room in Stevenson Union at Southern Oregon University.
Review: “Spotlight on the Judds,” starring Livia Genise as Naomi, Rebecca K. Campbell as Wynonna and Janina Brown as singer and narrator, is playing at the Camelot Theatre through Feb. 9. Rebecca K. Campbell as Wynonna performs with such confidence. She possesses a strong, muscular voice that you can feel right down to the tips of your toes.
A 76-year-old man died after colliding with a tree at Mt. Ashland Ski Area on Friday morning, according to a ski area news release. The helmeted skier, whose name was not released, was on Windsor Chairline, a trail categorized as “most difficult,” the release said.
People in Southern Oregon and far Northern California will likely see ongoing changes in weather patterns in coming years, and those changes aren’t necessarily positive. During a Wednesday evening presentation, “Southern Oregon Climate Trends, Projections, and Consequences,” Dr. Alan Journet, co-facilitator of Southern Oregon Climate Action Now (SOCAN), offered a series of possible scenarios if steps are not taken to immediately stop or at least slow climate change.
As part of an ongoing commitment to addressing homelessness in Jackson County, individuals are invited to volunteer for the annual “Point in Time” (PIT) Count, which will take place throughout the last week of January, beginning Monday, Jan. 27.
(It’s free)
