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Joan Dorsey Contributing columnist I hear a song by the Carpenters, Richard and Karen, as I write that title. Digging out my Christmas tree made me think of years past and all the trees that came before. Mom and I would go to...
Read MoreDorothy Rosby Guest columnist ‘Tis the season to run up our credit card bills and give our loved ones a good head start on their next garage sale. It doesn’t have to be that way. The year I bought two talking trout and a fruit...
Read MoreJoan Dorsey Contributing Columnist As a little girl my Dad would take me for walks outside. It was a great way to get me out from under Mom’s feet for a while, it kept me quiet, and he got outside after working all day. Dad...
Read MoreJoan Dorsey Contributing Columnist Deadlines are something newspapers are built on and around. As people we also have deadlines. We make appointments, we eat meals, and we have places to be and things to do. Here at the paper,...
Read MoreDorothy Rosby contributing columnist It was July 4th a few years ago. I was having lunch with my husband in one of those restaurants that has giant TV screens on every wall so diners can all watch different games and not have to...
Read MoreDorothy Rosby contributing columnist I have a lot in common with the instrument maker, Johann Christoph Denner. He was born in August of 1655, and I was also born in August, though not in 1655. Denner invented the clarinet and I...
Read MoreJoan Dorsey Contributing columnist As someone who is involved in trying to plan a 50th year reunion next year, I have some thoughts. First and foremost, remember this, all the things they told you in school, that would show up...
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Dorothy Rosby contributing columnist There comes a point in everyone’s life when they aren’t sure if the laundry basket is full of dirty clothes or clean, unfolded clothes. I have reached that point. Again. I have a lot of...
Read MoreDorothy Rosby contributing columnist My friend “Martha” tells me she wants to lose 20 pounds and get a really nice tan—by Friday. It’s Wednesday. “Do you, by chance, have a certain milestone event coming up,” I ask her. She nods...
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