Woodburn Independent

Staff Columns

Starting off with a blank slate

Published: 3/5/2013 6:53:12 PM

Change is an inevitability that is as certain as death, taxes and cringe-worthy Super Bowl commercials. Sometimes life’s changes can be seen well in advance, giving us time to prepare for the potential repercussions.

From the desert to the Valley: A reporter’s odyssey

Published: 3/12/2013 5:25:44 PM

Rain welcomed me to the Willamette Valley Wednesday following a peaceful drive over the Santiam Pass from Bend. I’ve heard it said that moving house and home on a rainy day brings good luck.

Visiting our neighbors to the north

Published: 3/27/2013 9:58:45 AM

For the past 13 years, if I wanted to visit my sister, I had to plan and save for months because she lived across an ocean. Now my sister and her British husband have moved back to North America, this time settling in Calgary, Alberta, where my husband and I visited them during a recent weekend excursion.