Advice from a small town girl

I have way more ideas than I have energy or know-how to bring to fruition.

I have ideas for quilts.

I have ideas for redecorating the house.

I have ideas for how to gain control of the garden.

And I have lots of ideas for the “betterment” of Odessa.

Not that Odessa needs “betterment” – it’s a lovely community. Odessa has held up to the decline of rural America much better than many other communities.

But I don’t think we can afford to rest on our laurels, and I think about it every time I drive through Lind, or Harrington, or Wilbur or Creston.

At the moment, we are in pretty good shape, with...