Community Green: Boundaries define more than national borders
By Pamela Noel She and Kevin were hiking in the Sequoia National Forest. They stopped for a quick snack, and…
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Community Green: Home can be where you find it
By Pamela Noel Special to Plumas News “Home is the place that, when you have to go there, they have…
Read moreCommunity Green: Finding the trail, wherever it leads
By Pamela Noel Special to Plumas News He disappears into the forest, taking the trail up…up…up… into the mountain crevice,…
Read moreCommunity Green: My means to escape
By Pamela Noel Special to Plumas News I remember that first moment of forgetting…forgetting all those around me—mother, father, brother,…
Read moreWhat I embraced in 2020
By Pamela Noel Special to Plumas News Arriving on the eve of a new year, I am certain that many…
Read moreA simple walk with a friend
By Pamela Noel Special to Plumas News I just took a walk with a friend. Deciding to meet at 1:30…
Read moreReflections on being here now
By Pamela Noel Special to Plumas News At the end of 2020 my good friend sits in her home, in…
Read moreOpinion: Self-knowledge helps everyone
By Pamela Noel Special to Plumas News There is a point at which she knew that her world was pivoting—no…
Read moreCommunity Green: How will I adjust to getting older?
By Pamela Noel Special to Plumas News So this is what is happening. This is why I need to wiggle…
Read moreCommunity Green: Who is in our tribe?
By Pamela Noel Special to Plumas News In the times in which we are living, some of us are developing…
Read moreSkating with help on the edge of anxiety
By Pamela Noel Special to Plumas News I am hiding out. Yes, I admit it. I am escaping the place…
Read moreCommunity Green: An unplanned vacation due to the smoke
By Pamela Noel Special to Plumas News When the smoke became too thick for me to happily breathe, and the…
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Opinion: Is this where we’re headed?
By Pamela Noel Special to Plumas News Emotional Technician Wanted. Qualifications: Extreme empathy, good communication skills, and technical expertise with…
Read moreOpinion: The idea of normal is shifting
By Pamela Noel Special to Plumas News Nothing lasts. I lose a vase of flowers when it wilts. Leaves brown…
Read morePutting it off and diving in
By Pamela Noel A column special to Plumas News Since I am, at the moment, interested in completing things, I…
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