BETTER PET THAN WORKER: Female livestock guardian breed which is half Great Pyrenees, quarter Akbash, and quarter Anatolian Shepherd. She was …
Stable Footing
Our oldest came to visit over the weekend and took the time to relieve me of a rooster. We called him White Legs. He was an ugly rooster. I ke…
Did you know that April 11 is National Eight-Track Tape Day? My parents had an eight-track player when I was a kid, and believe it or not, I t…
Last week we ran a picture of a group of people standing around what looks like the Klickitat County courthouse many, many years ago. We invit…
Hungry and don’t feel like cooking? You can’t sit and dine at a restaurant these days, but there are many take-out options in Goldendale. Foll…
In his iconic speech at the Lincoln Memorial for the 1963 March on Washington, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., urged America to "make real the pr…
There are times when I put my foot in my mouth or in my case we will be a little more real about that, I stick my entire leg all the way up to…
Six miles outside Goldendale on Pumphouse Road sits a barn with a big yellow smiley face on the side. The interior is rough plywood with a cem…
On my long journey to become less linguistically challenged, I have been quite discouraged to find out that a few words I have been using most…
There are times in life were we, as humans, use expressions to describe our actions or feelings while referring to animals: sicker than a dog,…
Where’d that come from?
Like a dog with two tails: Idiom
February has long been celebrated as a month of romance. Every Feb. 14, all around the world, candy, flowers, and gifts are exchanged between …
Apple of my eye: Idiom
Turning the tables (expression)
25 years ago
The Sentinel is pleased to introduce "The Chicken Challenge," brainchild of Michelle Priddy . The idea is to use one chicken per person as the…
This expression means an awkward or messy state of affairs and originates from old English. Kettles are the essential piece of kitchen equipme…
“Can’t Carry a Tune in a Bucket”
Squirrely Adjective (slang)
25 years ago
The song “The Twelve Days of Christmas” is an English Christmas carol. From the mid-16th century to the early-18th century, many Catholics wer…