Orange Street News
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1,458 Days Later –
My journalism hiatus has ended and the OSN will be returning to writing.
I was a little unsure how to start this, considering its been four years since I posted that I’d be on ‘temporary’ hiatus, a “hey guys” felt a little awkward. My leave from journalism has been longer than my readers, or me at the time, imagined. In fact I know for certain that if I could go back and tell my 13 year old self that its been 1,458 days since I have posted on my website-I wouldn’t believe it. I would have a lot of questions, mainly, how could I ever be happy without my life purpose, The Orange Street News?
At the time my life was completely consumed by my reporting, and the thing I loved more than anything had began to feel like a chore. My parents, realizing this, encouraged me to take some time away from reporting so I could get right with myself.
When I stopped reporting it was one of the scariest times of my life. I had absolutely no clue who I was if not a reporter, I couldn’t imagine how I would ever live a life without The Orange Street News. But as the days passed I learned that I do have an identity outside of what I can produce for the world. I love exploring, and burning CDs, I love crocheting and collecting knick-knacks from flee markets. As I started to discover new parts of my personality I began to feel some resentment towards my past self, which inherently manifested into resentment towards reporting.
People would ask me all of the time if I would ever go back to the Orange Street News, or writing in general, and I would feel a pain in my heart and smile, saying something like, “You never know what the future holds!” But I never thought I could, because in my mind going back to writing would be abandoning my new-and-improved self. This didn’t last long though-as I went through hardship and all of the inherent struggle that comes with being a teenage girl, I turned back to the comfort thats always been my favorite way of self expression-writing.
I first began journaling, writing with the knowledge that my words were for no one but myself helped me be able to recapture all of the love and passion I have for writing. Trying to separate myself from being a writer is denying who I really am as a person-and that is a writer. A writer who loves to crochet and make CDs for her friends and going on walks alone-but a writer nonetheless.
I am not completely sure where my writing will go from here, but I am considering column writing and reporting, whether that will be on this website or a different platform. I will update once decided.
As always, thank you so much to my readers, who gave some strange little girl an opportunity to have a voice.
Orange Street News 
Hello Wow! Great news (pun intended)
I want to celebrate your return. Is there a way for me to subscribe? I want to send a gift. Is there an address I can send it to?
Cheers.Chase BarberiTech Flagstaff
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Welcome Back! I had quite forgotten about orangestreetnews. Be good to hear more.
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welcome back. Will you be mailing papers again?
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What ever you decide to do and you can do both, have fun and do what makes you happy and you will be a success
A reader from CA
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Hilde, Oh my! What wonderful news. I’ve missed your OSN and looked for you for years on the net. Please continue to publish your refreshing stuff – the world needs you. We had boys so we never experienced the little girl-to-woman transition so all I know is what I have read but I do understand that it is not a “piece of cake”. I’m super happy to see you back. The part of your work that I loved the most was the enthusiasm and clarity of your stories. I could always see in my mind and feel the emotion that you were writing about. Please don’t lose that gift. I also love the picture – a far cry from the little girl riding her bike down a dusty street searching for the mountain lion and confronting the local law enforcement officer. Hope to see more articles soon. John Lawrence PS: one last comment – “strange little girl” was [and we hope still is] a remarkable talent that most of your readers had never read before and were completely captivated by – we all love you.
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Very good, and very glad to hear from you! I think if I were you, I would keep the OSN at least as a mirror for things published elsewhere, and for other writings that may perhaps not find a place. By the way, I found your little horror stories very charming and liked them the most! Wish you good luck, and all the best and a good start!
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Welcome back to public life! I’ve had you in my RSS reader all this time. Be sure to let us all know which platform is the best platform to follow you on.
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Welcome back! Looking forward to it.
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May this next phase work well for you!
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Welcome back! I was just thinking about you a while ago hoping that we’d hear from you. Looking forward to your creative endeavors to come.
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Happy to see you back… You were so fun to watch in your earlier incarnation. Such audacity! And talent! I look forward to seeing where you go next.
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Super exciting! You were born for it!! 🙂
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Hilde, I am so pleased that you are back. I loved reading your reporting way back then! As I remember, the last we knew is that you and your family moved to Arizona? If you must maintain privacy, I understand. I also remember that you went to Norway and were interviewed on Norge TV. That was wonderful, to travel there and speak. All my grandparents emigrated from Norway a long time ago so I am very interested in reading anything about and from there.
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Thrilled to hear that you are alive and well – thanks for updating us!
“may the road rise…”
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So happy to see that you are back, for whatever period of time, and in whatever format you decide is right for YOU! It doesn’t matter what that looks like, as long as YOU are happy! My…how you have grown; and I have aged but, that what happens when time marches on. I wish you continued success and most of all fulfillment, enlightened happiness, growing wisdom, and pure unadulterated happiness in whatever you choose to do!
Blessings! 🥰
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Welcome back!
Plus you have gained some points in the beauty contest (if you don’t hate me for saying so)!
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Checking every three month, finally! A nice surprise.
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you changed a lot since I last saw you in your you tube video on the US Mexico boarder so it is nice to see you again.
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