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Why I Love/Hate Facebook
by Laurie Levy
I get why Facebook can be a good thing. Like my mother, I love seeing photos of folks I know (although not so much their [...]
Teaching my Grandkids to Make Good Trouble
by Laurie Levy
My message to my grandkids and their peers is to stand up for what you believe in and then to go out and make some noise. I [...]
Recollections: Rocked in Time — blues beginnings…
The boy rocked in time to the music, rump bouncing against the back of a ruptured easy chair. He pushed a mouth harp across [...]
In it for Life
by Khati Hendry
All efforts to improve health are based on helping the body to heal itself, be it through emotional support, listening, [...]
lessons
In 1953 I would have been five. Gas was something like, 19.9 cents a gallon. It smelled good wafting in the window while the [...]
You’ve Probably Heard of It By Now
It’s all over the news. You might even be sick of hearing about it by now. Just one word: Wordle. Well, actually up to [...]
The Rose Garden
by Laurie Levy
I still have her pictures somewhere on my phone, but more importantly, I have the memory of sharing those wonderful summer [...]
Save the Date
Save the Date My husband is an awful procrastinator, but not me. On the contrary, I’m compulsive and sometimes I act TOO [...]
A Block of Newspaper
I tied piles of accumulated newspapers together to form a solid block of newspaper, which I used as a guest stoop.
If I Were A Carpenter
by Suzy
It was quite a job putting the bed frame together, although I don't remember whether it required any trips to the hardware store.
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