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January the Bleak
I’m not going to blame January for my bleakness, but my present is bleak and it is January. Hubby passed away on the 16th, just after our 41st anniversary on the 12th and my birthday on the 6th. His suffering from Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s is over, and his passing was peaceful, and for that I…
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It’s Christmas Eve and It’s a Wonderful Life
The gifts are wrapped–all nine million of them–and I am finally sitting in my chair taking in my favorite all-time Christmas movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Nine million gifts may be an exaggeration, but I know that I wrapped at least twenty or thirty per day since December 1, so what is that,…
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AT HOME MONDAY: To the East Coast from a Southerner
Today was not a good day for those on the East Coast of the U.S.A. Tomorrow may be even worse farther inland. Hurricane Sandy wobbled into our homeland today, and she did it with a vengeance. Not only that, she chose the most heavily populated region of the country to make her appearance. The cities…
April Coker, Author 