Month: March 2013
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a heart attack with no pain
The fun part of this job is meeting Union County folks and hearing their stories. Recently I interviewed Dan Winn for the special edition we will publish on Veteran’s Day in November. During the course of our conversation, we expanded beyond Dan’s military service. With his wife Shirley’s input, they shared the following incidents from…
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Vacation to welcome Henry
While the cat’s away, the mice will play. And that’s exactly what this grandma did the week our fourth grandson made his appearance. I had plenty of ways to occupy the five-year-old granddaughter and two-year-old grandson with the guarantee of no parents around. For one thing, I really wanted to try a dish for dinner…
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Trashing the story
I threw away another book last week. It happened on the interstate with hours of driving promising time to listen to my stash of audio books. I chose a humorous book. I pushed all the right buttons on the player, but the text pushed all the wrong buttons in me. Every other sentence the author…
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Not exactly a shut-in
I can only wish just a hint of truth existed in the thought behind the question on the community comment website. Such a simple question … one stranger who wondered about me enough to write, “Is she a shut-in or something?” One of the other reporters mentioned the posting. I do not generally visit this…