Month: July 2012
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Start them early
For days the 11-month-old grandchild kept her mother glued to the stairs during an intense climbing phase. She bent her knee, placed it carefully on the next higher step and pulled herself up the stairs one step at a time. Then at her mother’s insistent tugging of her legs down, she reached behind her with…
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Jerome War Relocation Center
The following news story has interested me for many years. Once I began looking on the internet I found a lot more information. Ten camps were established. As far as I can tell this was the only one that closed early and became a German Prisoner of War Camp in 1944. JEROME – Only a…
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Depending on the kindness of strangers
No one ever knows when they will depend on the kindness of strangers, as Mary Dean Setliff, 89, discovered the afternoon she stepped outside to water her roses. “My foot got tangled. I tripped over the water hose and fell in the front yard and hurt my hand,” she said. Yes, she had on a…
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Playing with the grandbabies
She may be just one year old, but that granddaughter of mine definitely knows what she wants and how to communicate her wishes. I stayed with her and three older grandchildren for a couple of days recently. That first day, she wore a very pleased and proud smile as she showed me and her parents…
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Cell phones!!
I do not like cell phones because people answer them … when they shouldn’t. There I am listening to a lecture, enjoying an activity or just visiting. The phone rings and the person with me, like Pavlov’s dog, responds. They pull out their phone, open it and begin a conversation. The worst offense occurred the…