Doreen Simmons has been in Japan since 1973, writing feature articles, editing, acting, recording, and with a sideline as one of the few foreign female Sumo experts, including being a live commentator on NHK’s worldwide satellite service. [See Newsletter No. 71, “A Day in the Life.”] From 1996 to 2003, she kept SWETers on the straight and narrow with her entertaining SWET Newsletter column of solid advice, “Ask Aunt Eva.” The 24 popular “Aunt Eva” columns are still relevant for numerous dilemmas wordsmiths face in their daily work, and still deliver a smile along with sound help. They have been republished in their entirety on the SWET Web site for both nostalgic and new readers alike. On this auspicious occasion, SWET interviewed Simmons about her stint as an advice columnist.