Tag: Columns
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A 1950s Gentleman-Type Doctor Exchange
I asked real estate sale guru-friend Steve Sprafka if he had any famous clients or notable sales recently. “Eric Clapton bought two 1969 Fender twin…
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Winter’s Gifts
Building Community The snow blower is ready to go. It is possible; of course, we will have another poor excuse for a winter, like last…
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How plastics affect water
In part five of her series on plastics, Julie Borgerding July talks about the long- and short-term effects of plastic on our water systems. Clean…
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Creating A Picture of Hope
Building Community The mural on the wall was a fair representation of what the young people who accompanied me to St. Louis observed in the…
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“Righting the Mother Tongue” is an Eye-Opening Look at English Language
Have you ever thought about the English language? The language you speak, read and write? If you haven’t, “Righting the Mother Tongue: From Old English…
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How to not get SAD this year!
As winter begins to approach, it brings many joys – the upcoming holidays, hockey season, snow falling on a quiet street –but it also brings…
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Lunch with the one and only Mr. Positive
The fall weather is extra-ordinary today. 80°. Blue sky. Patches of atmosphere with the correct water content and altitude have been tricked into Cumulo-Nimbus white…
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I See You
It is a small gesture, but when you are trying to cross four lanes of traffic at the corner of West 7th and Goodrich, the…
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Mr. Positive is Ill, Part Three
It is verified factual that Carl Benston – Mr. Positive – has had seven months of stage four esophagus cancer and six months of “no…
