Author Archives: Heather Hacking

One day a week the 9-year-old next door comes over for the evening when his mom has a night class. This week I asked him if he wanted to play a card game or did he want to carve one … Continue reading →

Ive decided that I am an action news reporter.? Why not? A lot of other people are doing it right now. Putting that label on myself makes me feel like I have my own soundtrack and am constantly looking over … Continue reading →

About a month and a half ago I was lamenting that my tomatoes weren’t setting fruit. I had many blooms, but they would all just die off. So I contacted Cass Mutters at the Cooperative Extension office and he said … Continue reading →

It’s rare and beautiful when a person feels “understood.” Dot first started e-mailing me about three years ago when I went to Hawaii and offered in my column that I would send a postcard to any readers who sent me … Continue reading →

My best friend next door and the nine-year-old went to the Book Family Farm. They went with my sister and niece. It was a weekday, so Ill consider that the reason that I wasnt invited. The nine-year-old, Leif, proudly pointed … Continue reading →

For the longest time I didnt allow the television to be turned on, except for renting movies. When Tommy and I first started dating I told him that the clear sign that it was the beginning of the end? when … Continue reading →

Tommy pulled a Lucy Ricardo. We’ve all done that in our lives, a moment when we are a total dork and manifest a silly scenario worthy of 1950’s sitcoms. We were staying at my mother’s house in Redding. Mom left … Continue reading →

When my niece was young, maybe 12 years old, we would play a story-telling game on car trips. We call it the “AND” game. The way it works is the storyteller gets to tell a story, but if she says … Continue reading →

The leaves have started their downward spiral. We rode bikes to the farmers market Thursday night, riding in zig-zags to try to crunch brown leaves under the bicycle tires. We were very conscious that the end of the summer vegetable … Continue reading →

A friend and I were chatting recently about how her single adult son keeps certain feminine products in his bathroom in case a female friend or relative is visiting and needs them. We both agreed this is a very sensitive … Continue reading →