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Carol Olson: Let's resolve to do away with New Year's resolutions

I WONDER how many of you have already broken your New Year's resolutions. Personally, I decided to do away with them this year, as the easy ones...
Oakland Tribune, 01/06/10 by Carol Olson · More from publication
Carol Olson: Best gifts aren't always pricey ones

SOME OF THE gift madness has started already for the holidays. I saw a commercial that made me wonder what the advertisers were thinking when they...
Oakland Tribune, 12/01/09 by Carol Olson · More from publication
Carol Olson: Clean bill of health is best Christmas present

THOSE OF YOU who read my column regularly already know some of the reasons I got an early Christmas this year. My radiation was over on Oct. 8,...
Oakland Tribune, 12/01/09 by Carol Olson · More from publication
Carol Olson: Thanks to readers for sharing their memories

WELL, THIS IS my last column of 2009, so I'd like to take this opportunity to once again thank all of you who have written to me about my columns....
Oakland Tribune, 12/01/09 by Carol Olson · More from publication
Carol Olson: Christmas hustle, bustle takes a toll

IT SEEMS THE older you get, the harder it is to make it through the Christmas season. Many people continue to keep the family traditions going...
Oakland Tribune, 12/01/09 by Carol Olson · More from publication
Carol Olson: Oakley paramedic writes about Ground Zero experiences

SANDRA "SAM" Bradley is a local resident who works as a paramedic and EMT who was asked to write about her experiences at ground zero. Her chilling...
Oakland Tribune, 12/01/09 by Carol Olson · More from publication

Carol Olson: Rug cleaning the old-fashioned way brings back fond

JUST LAST WEEK, my cat got sick on one of the bathroom rugs. It was just right on the end, so I cleaned it off and washed only that end. Once the...
Oakland Tribune, 11/25/09 by Carol Olson · More from publication
Carol Olson: Looking forward to another Thanksgiving Day feast

THE CHILL IS in the air and plans are being made for Thanksgiving -- that wonderful time of year when friends and family get together and usually...
Oakland Tribune, 11/17/09 by Carol Olson · More from publication
Carol Olson: Trip back home shows how times have changed

MEL AND I are still recuperating from our trip through 13 states. It seems that once you get home and you're not on the road anymore, your body...
Oakland Tribune, 11/10/09 by Carol Olson · More from publication
Carol Olson: Road trip features ribs, Osmonds and Meteor Crater

Leaving St. Paul, Minn., we saw a billboard advertising barbecued ribs. The thought of having ribs taunted us until Ankeny, Iowa, where the motel...
Oakland Tribune, 11/02/09 by Carol Olson · More from publication