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IN MEMORY OF LORRAINE
Her grandmother had a hard life. “She ate the burnt toast.” Susan Webb Boyd, on her grandma… “In the 70’s coffee prices went way up. She reused coffee grounds. I caught her one
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DAY LILY MOMENTS
Thanksgiving didn’t make me thankful, but it got me thinking on the topic. I don’t know how I compare with you, but for the record, my sense of thankfulness is often hidden beneath a
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THE HUNDRED CAMEL WIFE
The story begins like this… a very eligible young man was searching for a suitable wife. He came from a noble family, was both handsome and wealthy, and possessed character without reproach. He could
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THE 11TH COMMANDMENT: THOU SHALT WORK
Long before he met Don Henley, long before The Eagles, Glenn Frey was just another Detroit boy who liked music and had some want-to. The want-to took him to Los Angeles, where a girlfriend
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SOMETIMES OLD BULBS BURN BRIGHTEST
I prefer my bananas young, but an older avocado is a readier avocado. My youth seemed all foot-on-the-gas, squinting through a dirty windshield and the steering much neglected. I got to here somehow, but
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THERE IS POWER IN THE NAME
As I was driving to the family reunion it crossed my mind, ‘They’re gonna ask me to say grace.’ That put a kink in my stomach. _____ _____ _____ _____
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SIMPLICITY
The natural cure for youth is aging, and the proof of aging is simplicity. Youth is more, more, more; maturity is less, less, less. I wear blue jeans and black t-shirts six days a
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IF FUNERALS ARE A THOUSAND SERMONS FOR A THOUSAND EARS
Local boy, so no surprise he turned out to be a good man, a family man, and a State Trooper… I’d never met him, never heard his name, until the 23rd of August, when
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FOR UNTO US ANOTHER OF US IS BORN
A picture came my way, from a friend proud of her latest grandchild, and there he was, recently arrived, skin so new it had yet to make the acquaintance of the sun. My first
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WHERE IS UNCLE WALTER?
Who speaks the truth out there? Where do I go for facts? Who are these people dressing up like reporters and authorities, and these sites that pose as news sources? Who should I trust?
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