Archives in Category: Me/Family

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Schoolbells

Posted on September 3, 2004

As September and Labor Day roll around, I always remember the phrase “ . . . never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”

Ernest Hemingway took part of that phrase for the title of his

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Blood Draw

Posted on September 2, 2004

I went to the local hospital yesterday afternoon to have a phlebotomist take a blood sample. My annual physical is next week, and my doctor wanted empirical data based on blood samples about my well being. I can’t say I

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Democrats Unite

Posted on September 1, 2004

My friend Peg comes this Labor Day Weekend to hang out at River House. I can’t wait, since she is a card carrying Democrat and by then I’ll need reinforcements. The Republican National Convention will be over, but the images

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RNC

Posted on August 30, 2004

The Republican National Convention begins today, and I promised myself I would give it as much attention as I gave the DNC. It will be hard, but I can do it. In fact, I need to do it, since Earl

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Food for Thought

Posted on August 27, 2004

It’s probably something only the cook notices, but blended families make mealtime a real challenge.

The members of a blended family have usually lived with other spouses, parents, or siblings before coming together. They don’t always have long histories

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Cupboard Couture

Posted on August 21, 2004

I have a decorating trademark, one that I’ve never seen described in Martha Stewart’s world, although I admit I don’t frequent that world very often. My trademark is this: wherever I live, the space above my kitchen cabinets makes a

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Kim

Posted on August 6, 2004

Halfway through sixth grade, I moved with my Mother from Syracuse, NY, to St. Louis, MO; and, in the process, I changed my name.

Originally I was christened Elizabeth Anne, but everyone called me by my middle name in the early

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Last Friday Luncheon

Posted on August 5, 2004

Every last Friday of the month, the women on my road gather at noon for lunch at a local restaurant. We do this every last Friday, rain or shine.

It started when Phyllis, who lives two doors down, had the idea

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Caller ID

Posted on August 2, 2004

There are those who think the ability to identify a caller before answering the phone is a wonderful invention. The phone rings, you look at it, the telephone number from where the call is placed flashes on a little electronic

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Books

Posted on July 29, 2004

Summer’s flying! It’s almost the end of July, and I am reading only my second book of the season. It reminds me of when I was between eighth grade and high school, and the local library sponsored reading clubs during

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