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  • Downsizing my life: Door number one

    Sonda Ashton|Updated May 30, 2013

    One windy day last October, I tripped over a leaf-covered obstruction in the sidewalk and broke my wrist. Looking back, my painful wrist was the first catalyst I can identify that began to steer my thinking in the direction of a major life change. Since my accident, I can no longer do a lot of things I used to be able to carry off with panache. Just yesterday the man I hired to do some yard work I can’t handle any more — stuff involving a wheel barrow and pitch fork — asked...

  • The diner, the witch and the birthday cake

    Sonda Ashton

    I have been looking for any excuse to get out of town after being held hostage by winter. I especially wanted to see my friends Ron and Sharon in Watson, Saskatchewan. Also, I didn't trust winter to stay gone, so it would be a comfort to have a friend along to share the eight hour drive north. Steve, a good friend from Silverdale, Wash., arrived for a visit on the Empire Builder last Tuesday. I jumped at my opportunity. .Sondra Ashton "Steve, did you bring your passport?...