El Dorado native releases free digital Christmas book
The holiday season in 2020 will, one way or another, be an altered experience for most people.
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Miles of memories: Christmas memories
Today we live in a different world. December 25th is referred to as the “Holiday Season,” “Yuletide,” “X-mas,” and other politically correct names. But, in my …
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Growing into helping hands
I blinked and did a double take last fall when I saw Elijah, then 13. In the few weeks since our previous visit, our chubby grandson had stretched up into a ta…
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PHOTOS: Through your lens, Dec. 13, 2020
Photos from recent Civitan Club meetings
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To mask or not to mask
This pandemic has my mind in a whirl. Before school started, my daughter posted pictures of her children wearing the newest addition to their wardrobe – face m…
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Shelf Life December
Now that it’s December, it’s not too early to wish for a happy new year. It also makes me want to look back at all the books I’ve read over the past year.
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Puppies are cute
A flood of Facebook pictures announced the newest pet in the family: a French beagle puppy. (Okay, it has a fancy name, but that will do for now.) Long soft ea…
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Fitzgerald Collection featured in local film is a self-fulfilling prophecy
The 7th Annual El Dorado Film Festival took place back on Nov. 13. Numerous short films and features were shown throughout the two-day event. One of the surpri…
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Miles of Memories: Before television, we had our radio
Growing up, there was hardly an hour in the day that the old Zenith radio in its brown plastic housing with its large face and dials was not turned on for our …
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Going back home
Our recent journey along the Interstate back to my husband’s home state refreshed our memory of cold and barren holiday months in the windy north. We traverse …
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Making someone’s day: Local boy brings a smile to sanitation workers’ faces
Some people go their whole lives without finding something they’re passionate about; but that’s not the case for two-year old Myles Rigdon.
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Kindergarten antics
Everything I need to know I learned in kindergarten – including the exclusivity of tight knit groups. In kindergarten I watched two or three girls become best …
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Adult ADHD
My friend’s husband Mr. B arrived late for his appointment to be assessed for Attention Deficit Disorder. “He got lost – as always. He turned the wrong directi…
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Shelf Life November
Finishing up my column is always tricky, but this month I had a harder time than usual. Most of the writing was done, but I was still waiting for inspiration t…
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Local couple find social distancing solution in ping-pong
COVID-19 has had an impact on people of all types, from students who might now see their classroom through a screen to elderly people who might now find themse…
