News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Gardening can be a therapeutic pastime. Planting, feeding, watering, weeding are all part of tending and keeping the garden that goes back to man’s beginning. I admit though, that gardening in Central Oregon, and in Sisters Country in particular, is wrought with frustration. The soil, the weather, the deer, the rabbits, the insects can all launch their own attacks on our best efforts to create a beautiful garden. So, it was with particular joy a few years ago that we were delighted with the emergence of our ... Full story
The “Cruelest Miles,” by Gay Salisbury and Laney Salisbury, is a well-researched, and superbly written history of the epic diphtheria anti-toxin dog-sled relay run from Nanana to Nome, Alaska in 1925. The authors do a wonderful job of researching and relating detailed background information on the Eskimo and Athabaskan peoples, the use of and breeds of dogs and dogsleds, the establishment of Nome, and the advent of air travel in Alaska, all while weaving in the characters and drama of a deadly diphtheria epidemic in Nome aft... Full story
