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Trouble always seems to find Barry Sheriff Dar Leaf
Dialogue from a scene in the 1956 movie, “The Lone Ranger”: The Lone Ranger: “Try to stay out of trouble, Tonto.” Tonto: “Tonto no go looking for trouble, but trouble…
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Basura: Gyotaku Japanese artistry after catching fish
"So soon we get old. So late we get smart." — Anonymous The word gyotaku is Japanese, and means, literally, fish print. In the mid-1800s, Japanese fishermen came up with…
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Army Bob: What we’ve had here is failure of leadership
by Robert M. Traxler It is time for leadership on the public health front; it is always better to lead people than to dictate to or order folks. An old…
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We partied at home during infamous Polar Vortex of ’19
by Denise Dykstra With a winter storm forecast to arrive this week, I did some serious meal prep work to hopefully not have to go out before the storm when…
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Yes It’s True: Stafford ends my boycott of Super Bowl
Like many other football fans in Michigan, I was thrilled and pleased with the news that Matthew Stafford’s quest to play in the Super Bowl is finally being met two…
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Ramblin’ Road: Our lifestyle seems cheap, but contented
by Phyllis McCrossin It’s going to be another quiet week. Phyllis McCrossin The boys are with their father and King is laid up with a mild case of shingles. I…
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Pumpkin pie provides a blast from days gone by
Pumpkin Pie by Kathy Hamman Miller This pie crust recipe was shared with me more than 40 years ago and right away I found it to be very easy to…
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Yes It’s True: A cautionary tale offered to school board
“I lit my purest candle close to myWindow, hoping it would catch the eyeOf any vagabond who passed it by,And I waited in my fleeting house… "Tell me stories," I…
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My adventures in and falling in love with knitting
"You could knit a sweater by the fireside... Sunday mornings go for a ride." — The Beatles, "When I'm Sixty-Four." by Denise Dykstra I began knitting by accident. My friend…
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Army Bob: Russia will indeed invade Ukraine
by Robert M. Traxler Will the Russians invade Ukraine? In my opinion, yes. Perhaps not a full-frontal assault unless necessary, but using the 160,000 troops (ground, sea and air) that…