Uncategorized Why Should You Support Your Local Farmer? 15 Apr 201115 Apr 2011 Last night I had dinner with a farming association which was sponsored by a local banking co-op. As members, we receive a portion of the bank's earnings, called patronage refunds.…
Uncategorized Studying Abroad 14 Apr 201114 Apr 2011 Six months ago I attended a writing workshop in France - 'Writing from the Heart...in the Heart of Champagne' - held twice a year by teacher, writer, and editor Janet…
Uncategorized What I Learned From Working At A Cemetery 13 Apr 201113 Apr 2011 There is a look I always receive whenever I tell someone that I have worked at a cemetery. I always want to say: "Hey, I wasn't personally digging the graves…
Uncategorized 150th Anniversary of Start of Civil War 12 Apr 201112 Apr 2011 Today marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War, prompted by shots fired at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, just off the coast of Charleston. It's eerie to…
family… Do Places Speak To You? 11 Apr 201111 Apr 2011 There have been a few times in my life when I found myself in places that resonated so deeply within me that I seemed to be formed from the earth…
Uncategorized New Proms and Old Boyfriends 10 Apr 201110 Apr 2011 It is prom season, the eternal spring dance of the young and beautifully dressed and coiffed. Parents are doling out hundreds of dollars for dresses, tuxedos, hairdos, manicures, shoes, corsages,…
family… How Do We Learn To Trust Again? 9 Apr 20119 Apr 2011 Many of us claim to be skeptical, trusting little. Yet I find this isn't true at all. I think the majority of us trust constantly, even if we know better…
political How Donald Trump Can Win America 8 Apr 20118 Apr 2011 On the cusp of the government shut-down, Donald Trump is appearing on every outlet that will give him the air time to pre-campaign for the 2012 elections. At least I…
Uncategorized Not So Rosie 7 Apr 20117 Apr 2011 Chris Brown's incident with Rhianna predates my blog. The recent episode with Robin Roberts does not. Yet I felt like people who were more informed than me would handle the…
family… Stormy Relationships 6 Apr 20116 Apr 2011 We can see the damage caused by yesterday's early morning storms. Perhaps we can't put everything back together in the exact way it was prior to the wind, hail, rain,…
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