ARTICLES BY CALICO PEN
Column: Coloring my hair? It will never happen again
’Tis another season. Now is the season for resolutions and I hereby resolve to never, ever, color my hair again.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS AGO
Column: Mellow time arrives with September
The apples, plucked from the tree, and from the squirrels and rabbits, are in a dark room in the basement.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Column: Make sure to not miss Montana's state fair
“Our state fair is a great state fair, don’t miss it, don’t even be late!”
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Column: Camping trips, past and present
In what now seems like a long, long time ago, in a faraway land, my parents and I left the city behind in search of a place to get away from it all.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Column: In mother's daze for Mother's Day
I officially became an orphan in 1949. That is, I was a motherless child and by definition back then if you were without a mother, you were an orphan.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Column: Relax, enjoy the rest of the trip
I was eating lunch with my bosom buddy the other day and she raised her eyebrows when I ordered dessert. “A nice apple crisp topped with vanilla ice cream, please.”
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Column: Having eight kids is great - one at a time
Well, it’s true that eight ain’t enough for a baseball team, but I had eight kids one time – one at a time that is – and not every team needs a shortstop anyway.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Column: The Januaries: This too shall pass
I think I have the Januaries – cold, bored, cranky and tired of winter.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Column: The gift becomes part of family
Do you hear what I hear, ringing through the sky?
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 16 YEARS AGO
