Month: March 2014
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Spring cleaning
I’m sure even the total strangers standing before me could see the shock written all over my face. They had just said that everything left over from their week-long yard sale would go to the curb. I know, many times the leftovers do warrant that solution, but not at this sale. Crisp new books on…
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Old enough to be a concubine?
In October 2013, two days before her 18th birthday, New Jersey teen Rachel Canning argued with her parents over their demands that she break up with a boyfriend, keep their curfew and abide withhousehold rules. Instead she moved to a friend’s home where she lived for the next several months. She sued her parents for…
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Great gift for graduation or to encourage a worker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUPJ8RyWBaI This book holds some basic principles about work, in a quick read that any graduate this spring could use. The personal experience, down home touch makes it very readable. And it doesn’t hurt that my brother, Mel Hibbard, is the author.
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Henry’s first birthday
Tiny hands reached up. One sturdy little leg bent at the knee as the other pushed him high enough to reach the next step of the flight of stairs to the upstairs bedrooms. Intent on conquering this mountain the one-year old ignored the adult following close behind him. He never wobbled or wavered in his…
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One of those days
It was one of those days – no it was one of those weeks.You know the kind. The kind when nothing goes your way, no matter how well you plan. I opened the refrigerator door, pulled out the bottle of pills I am to take every day, Carefully, I unscrewed the lid, tipped it to…
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At the speed of the Internet
With the Internet and smart phones, it’s easy to snap a picture, tap a few keys, click ‘like’ and share thoughts, history, pictures and videos. Once they hit the Internet, especially if it is available to the public to view, it is not so easy to control what happens to the shared information and photography.…