Archives in Category: Special Events

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Champions

Posted on August 12, 2006

Raggedy clouds hid part of the full moon, but the lights inside Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin, more than made up for it. All the corps had performed, and now each was marching onto the field in formation to await

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Monticello

Posted on August 10, 2006

It’s not Jefferson’s family estate; it’s the other Monticello. A small town in southern Wisconsin on a bicycle trail going from here to there to nowhere in particular and to everywhere Americana. Earl and I always feel pleased when we

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Missing

Posted on August 5, 2006

Yesterday marked the anniversary of the day the young teenage girl was found. She’d been missing for over two years, although not many people noticed. It was a time of upheaval and families everywhere struggled.

When she was found, she

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Greeting Cards

Posted on August 4, 2006

I normally purchase greeting cards at a charming little shop in Stevensville, because its cards are the best around. But that little shop went out of business a month or two ago, so I’ve had to make other arrangements. This

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The Silverhawks

Posted on July 23, 2006

Last night Earl and I attended a Silverhawks baseball game in South Bend. We’d been there before and found the venue charming. It’s not expensive to see a ballgame, the hot dogs are decent, there is beer everywhere, and the

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Jury Duty

Posted on July 10, 2006

This morning seventy-six prospective jurors gathered at the Berrien County Trial Court in downtown St. Joseph, Michigan. Although they didn’t know it at the time, they were summoned to participate in a criminal sexual molestation trial of a middle aged

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Fourth of July

Posted on July 2, 2006

This is Fourth of July Weekend, with the actual Fourth occurring on Tuesday. This leaves plenty of time for travelers to get where they’re going, although they’ll have to cut their holiday celebration short to return in time for work

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Happy Eighty-Eighth

Posted on June 21, 2006

My mother would have been eighty-eight today, had she lived. Instead, I’m celebrating her birthday in memorial; as this is the tenth anniversary of her death.

I honestly can’t imagine my Mother being alive today. The world’s many upheavals since

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Angelina

Posted on June 19, 2006

It goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyway. Angelina Jolie is an eccentric. An eccentric is defined as anyone or anything that “deviates from the customary,” someone who is “erratic, peculiar, or odd.”

Consider that Angelina has been married

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Memorial Day

Posted on May 29, 2006

There was an editorial in the local newspaper that noted only one in four Americans really knew why we celebrate Memorial Day. Some thought it was just the start of the summer season. Others thought it was to honor our

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