Carlyle Observer

I recently began work on a challenge after I and the others in a writing group were assigned the following words: peanut, exhaustion, pelted, and pensive and instructed to incorporate them into a final product that makes sense.

Artistic flair is a wonderful thing, and one that the Moose Mountain region seems blessed with. Music, art, and literature all have practitioners in the area, many of whom have received accolades for the quality of their work.

October 17 - 23 is Education Week and the theme is Valuing Diversity. The Book Fair is on this week at Stoughton Central. The classes have toured through the displays, and interest is high.

Welcome to "Down Week". Or perhaps "Caught-With-Our-Pants-Down Week".

Returning to Stoughton for their second year, the travelling comedy troupe of Puck n' Funny is coming back to town to bring some irreverent mirth.

While energy process are still low relative to the costs seen through 2007 and into mid-2008, a cold winter is still an expensive experience for people in older, less energy efficient households.

They came. They ate. They laughed. They cried. More than 340 women enjoyed a night out in style at the third annual Creative Tables for Cancer event held at Arcola Prairie Place Oct. 7.

"It is what it is," the woman said to me as she shrugged her shoulders. "It is what it is.

"Life may not be the party we hoped for... but while we are here we might as well dance." Now that's just about the best advice I've heard in a long time.

Once in a great while, a deal falls into your lap that you just can't say no to. Now the variables that affect exactly what constitutes a deal are manifold, and are usually unique to the parties involved.