Jotting Joan

Tag: food

  • Food prices will go up

    The managing editor Shea Wilson is leaving Jan. 28. The rest of the staff was asked to write editorial columns the next couple weeks or so until we get a new managing editor. This is my first to be published. joan Middle and lower-income families can expect a greater financial pinch in the upcoming months…

  • Grandma Waight feeds us

    Grandma Waight enjoyed feeding folks. She rarely left her house and extensive flower garden, but welcomed those who visited with simple food. On Sundays, after Dad and my brothers finished the evening milking on our dairy farm, we went to visit her. Mom spent the time talking with her mother. Dad accompanied us – his…

  • Perpetual worries for pregnancy

    Informed expectant women abstain from alcohol to prevent fetal alcohol syndrome. Modern moms work to stamp out smoking to reduce potential pregnancy problems and improve their child’s future health. But, just in time for our youngest son’s first child, several new studies underlining new concerns crossed my desk last week. I’m sure my newest, pregnant…