The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

Nostradamus was a 16th-century mystic whose predictions of the then-distant future are still quoted in some quarters. His detractors, on the other hand, say that his predictions are so vague they can be interpreted in any way you choose.

Cookie’s fortune-telling skills are quite the opposite. They are timely, specific, and generally spot-on. Which is why I like to think of her as Nostradamus. Her nose, when applied in this fashion, is irrefutable.

Her methodology is best observed when she is indoors. Whereas the outdoors offers a smorgasbord of scents, inside the home it’s possible for...