Front Porch makes for good reading

I’d like to put in a word for the Front Porch that appears in The Voice. I can understand the sentiments of a reader’s criticism of these columns (Voice, Aug. 18) that appeared recently in The Voice. She was concerned that the columns were not talking about “real women’s issues.”

Personally, I enjoy hearing about “Chicken” and today (Aug. 25) about Thor, the wonder kitten. And the column done about the death of the writer’s father-in-law was very well done – an appropriate tribute without being maudlin.

These columns may be trivial in some eyes, but it’s a good trivial reminding us that there are ordinary people writing about their lives, not unlike the journals kept by early settlers that tell us so much about life and times.

Doris Brown

Spokane