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  • A brighter (and busier) future

    Reading and hearing about all the companies’ desperately searching for employees in northern Indiana, I repeat what my mother-in-law said nearly 50 years ago, …

  • Estate sale

    The imperfect seams of the yellow baby rompers at the estate sale carried no monetary value. They simply held enough sentimental value to justify keeping them …

  • Tower of debt

    Sometimes I wish I could grab a magic wand to wave over my loved ones. I wondered if I needed one the day my son began a conversation saying, “Joy said I shoul…

  • Shelf Life March 2021

    History is interesting, but for me, fictionalized history is so much more fun to read about. This month I had to decide among so many good titles for our theme…

  • Thanks Doc

    A couple of DIY (do-it-yourself) folks live at our house. Hubby made our bed with lumber, a power saw, nails, glue and varnish. Then I stitched together a quil…

  • Just like mom and dad

    The big 4-0 creeps ever closer for my darling daughter. The calendar does not measure the big event so much as the change in her mindset. She called me this mo…

  • Katie’s playmate

    At family gatherings little kids’ eyes search for “someone just like me.” At three, Katie found Abby, two. The two inspected each other before returning to the…

  • Shelf Life, February 2021

    Midwinter in a pandemic is definitely a time for escaping into books. By now, even the most reluctant reader might be bored enough to read a book. Let’s hope s…

  • Nap time

    Around three in the afternoon, I woke up, yawned, opened the van door and wandered into the house. “Did you have a good nap?” my husband asked. “Why did you sl…

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