My sister is visiting, and she and the dog-who-must-not-be-written-about-the-second have been, let’s say, getting used to each other. At home, my sister has five cats. Cats (not kittens) are pretty  ... 

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Back in the days before two fake hips entered my life, John and I were avid downhill skiers. We signed up for a YMCA program that bussed us and 38 other people to Mount Frontenac one night a week. T ... 

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This past Christmas marked a first for me. I didn’t forget anything. I didn’t find candy a month later that was supposed to go into the stockings. I didn’t find a gift in the bottom  ... 

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That was the news on the Chicago Tribune web site, though, right there in black and white. Hostess Brands j ... 

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I got all three of my grandchildren dolls for Christmas. Peyton’s is blonde, like she is. Andie’s, like her, has dark hair with bangs and pigtails. And Harry’s is dark haired with a hair do that loo ... 

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Winona loves its characters. We just lost a man who was not only a character of the first class, but a successful businessman in a profession traditionally dominated by women. Bi ... 

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It’s odd, isn’t it, how much faith we put in the mere turn of a calendar page. Not since I was in eighth grade, baby-sitting on New Year’s Eve and watching the ball come down at Times Square on the  ... 

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