News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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"But now the days are short, I'm in the autumn of my years and I think of my life as vintage wine..." I can remember mooning over old blue eyes as he crooned that tune many decades ago (Frank Sinatra, for those too young to remember). But now that I am actually in the autumn of my years, I feel more like an old bottle of muscatel. I sit here and watch the leaves outside my window gradually turning deeper shades of red and remember all the trails I used to hike through some of the most spectacularly beautiful landscapes from C... Full story
Alyson Fazzolari was chosen as Sisters Rodeo Queen in late September after an outstanding display of horsemanship on Zeus, her 13-year-old dark bay horse. Aly Fazz, as she is familiarly known, grew up in Oregon City on acreage where animals have been part of her family her entire life. She began caring for dogs, cats, goats and horses at a young age. She entered the equestrian show ring at the age of 5. "I was immediately hooked," she said. The results have been impressive.... Full story
Back in March, Linda Peck was out in her yard - where she spends every hour she can - picking her way among some bits of metal and farm machinery when it hit her: "Something said, 'Linda, why don't you make a lamp.'" So she took that metal and some glasswork she created working with noted local glass artist Susie Zietner and did just that. "I made three of them right off the bat," she said. "Then I went crazy." Her husband introduced her to a Central Oregon scrapyard, where... Full story
