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Mending Fences: An Exercise In Futility
  Right, friendships. Those things we forge in the furnace of youth, fueled by shared baseball card collections and a [...]
Hermine’s Morning Joe
Hermine’s Morning Joe I happen to be a tea drinker,  but I do like the smell of coffee brewing,  and when the coffee smells [...]
Be it resolved retroflash
I'm not really someone who makes new year's resolutions, but this year Sally announced she plans to learn to play the old [...]
Teach Her to Knit
I was always a good student, a striver, a high achiever, I got straight A’s. Until it came to penmanship. There I fell [...]
My Father’s Legacy
My Father's Religion was the Democratic Party
Mr October
Mr October Super Bowl,  World Series,  or Final Four stories   – they’re all the same to us sports widows. A few years [...]
Grandma Gets Lucky
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"She called my cell phone and thought I'd gone to Canada and ended up in jail."
Ad Hoc Family Thanksgiving
One year the Native Americans even showed up.
Anger, hope, and juries
The jury system is a good one, but not infallible. Variables other than facts in the case can sway jurors.
A Dream Within A Dream
Dreams are ephemeral tapestries woven in the deepest recesses of our minds, where reality bends and dissolves, logic [...]