To be determined - by Amelia Roessler

I'm curious to know how his room smells

In order to avoid focusing or thinking about homework or things I should be doing, I like to observe things happening around me. The following are a bunch of random things that I have remembered observing in life around me lately. I saw a student talking on a red flip phone coming out of class...

More to Waseca than meets the eye

School–that is, college–starts in a week. I moved in on Monday; walking around campus it has been enlightening to see all the little freshmen with hopeful eyes taking in the big campus. In addition to their wide eyes, the newbies are easily spotted because many of them are wearing matching shirts...

The parachute opened and I turned 20

I have finally turned 20. Two decades. The big two-zero. Wooo. I don’t feel that old. Some days I feel like I’m still too young, as if I should still be in high school. Other days I feel as if I could just be done with college right now and I should start looking for my own place to live with...

Losing the last of my wisdom...teeth

Well, I finally did it. I got my wisdom teeth out. Honestly, I didn’t know if it was going to happen for me. A fair number of my friends got their wisdom teeth out a few years ago, but I was not advised to have mine removed until recently, when the dentist took a full mouth x-ray and could see my...

Dreaming something wild and improbable

As my last full week working at the paper comes to a close, I have been reflecting on my time spent here this summer and my future plans, a daunting thought. My second summer of the paper has been an interesting time as I’ve had a better understanding of things than I did last summer. Thank...

This moment will just be another story

Everyone’s version of a day at the lake is different. Even my lake days vary from time to time depending on a couple different things. First, the lake. A lake day’s vibe depends heavily on which lake one is at. For example: spending time at a lake up north is luxurious and has a first class...

Gifts, hazards, and rewards of journalism

This week I was able to spend a couple hours in the Waseca County Historical Society’s Bailey House doing research into the archives of the old newspapers for the Pioneer. Researching the archives is always interesting in my opinion. As someone who appreciates history, it is pretty cool to...

PIONEEER WRITERS - Amelia Roessler and Deb Bently spent many hours at the fair last week.

A small change in perspective

Fair week! I hope everybody enjoyed the fair as much as I did. I want to say thank you to everyone who introduced themselves and stopped by the Waseca County Pioneer booth; it was lovely to meet you all. I have a love/hate relationship with the fair. Before my job brought me out for hours at a...

Dreaming of my Victorian connections

I completed a lifelong dream this week: It was amazing. Everyone knows the big house on North State Street near the hospital that an older lady used to live in before it got sold a couple of years ago. It’s a beautiful old house. Three stories of brick and windows with a sizable lawn sloping...

Who ever heard of being cold in July?

Everyone talks about their Fourth of July traditions, so I thought I’d hop on the bandwagon. Each year, my family and I like to travel to the wonderful land of the north, to my grandparents’ cabin in Merrifield, Minnesota. Their lake association has a tradition of putting together a boat parade...