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Chemicals are not killing you
The hue and cry in the media and on the internet about the dangers of “chemicals” is deafening. I see stories about the fear of chemicals ...

A letter is worth 1,000 tweets
My wife received a handwritten letter the other day. It was from a high school girlfriend she hadn’t seen in years, who somehow got her address ...

Trying to pay more attention
I know I am not the only one having travel fantasies.My husband, Peter, and I were not planning to do a lot of traveling in the past year. That was ou...

A day for dad and daughter
Pro football is pretty important to my 13-year-old daughter and me.Our Sundays are spent watching and dissecting every game we can watch. Our discussi...

Second can be a good place to be
Being released in 1939, “Gone with the Wind” is considered one of the greatest movies of all time. Most females would agree. With a longer...

Do we have pride to prevail?
A recitation of the state of our current affairs is hardly necessary given our shared experiences over the past 12 months. The downstream effects of t...

Remington’s circus trick
I remember, a long time ago, when I used to have a social life.My husband, Peter, and I have been visiting his sister, Lori, once a week while she bat...
February 22nd, 2021 updated: February 22nd, 2021. |

My Golden Buckeye Card arrived in the mail the other day, and it’s not because I have some type of disability. It’s because I turned 60 on...

Good luck buying udies at a mall
During my daily check-ins by phone and text with Lady Jane, so that she’s fully aware of the shenanigans in which I’m involved, recently I...

Hopefully, people get the message
There’s something about getting a call from a wrong number that just makes you feel … well, wrong.One of my daughters started receiving ca...