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Topics & Perspectives
The Threads of Our Life
As a student of history, I marvel at the paths that lead from “back then” to “now.” What choices did…
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Travel & Destinations
Notes on Texas
I wasn’t born in Texas, but I moved here as fast as I could. Now having lived here for more…
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Topics & Perspectives
What Is True
Here is a tree. It is straight and tall. It blooms in the spring and bears lovely gold leaves in…
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Health & Well-Being
Life Is a Series of Stages
As we reflect on certain periods of our lives, we tend to sort and label experiences. For example, “I thought…
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Life & Lifestyle
Bygone Days of the TV Repairman
Before the era of internet streaming services, there lived the TV Repairman. He made house calls like the family doctor,…
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Life & Lifestyle
Finding The Fun In Dysfunctional
Years ago, my youngest son returned home from school and announced, “Our family is dysfunctional!” I burst out laughing. At…
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Life & Lifestyle
Like Clouds Passing Overhead —It’s All About Time
Watching puffy white clouds float overhead on a lovely warm day makes one conscious of the here-to-there. The clouds pass…
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Life & Lifestyle
Women Taking the Lead
International Women’s Day has always been a celebration of “becoming” for women everywhere. The advances made by women in the…
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Book Reviews
Oh, To Be Vexed!
My book group’s first selection of 2020 was Jane Austen’s “Persuasion”. Though I expected this book to be as boring…
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Book Reviews
Singing Out Loud—a book from Marilee Eaves
Book review by Barbara Glass ~ Buy It Here. Mardi Gras is an annual pre-Lenten event celebrated in many places…
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Topics & Perspectives
Saint Valentine Who?
“Valentine” was a common name in the ancient world. There were at least two revered men named Valentine who had…
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Life & Lifestyle
The Art of Starting Over
When I think about “starting over,” I consider my Scotch-Irish ancestors who sailed to America and later migrated west, leaving…
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Topics & Perspectives
Sharing Time and Recalling Memories of Kay
The soft breeze of an early fall evening blew over us. Sunlight slowly faded over the distant tree line. About…
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Grandparenting
Grandparenting 2.0 and Beyond
We were all children, once, and our extended family usually included some grandparents. I only knew my mother’s mother, as…
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Life & Lifestyle
On The Road Again
I was born into a family of drivers. My mother drove farm implements from the time she was 13 years…
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In the Garden
Things Learned About Life in the Garden
Until reaching adulthood, I thought red geraniums were the only flower ever planted. That’s all my mother ever bought and…
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