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A broken car window, picture by Animaflora. For article on "employee of the month"
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‘Employee of the Month’

Steadfast resolve, attention to detail, and dedication to the task – albeit an illegal task

By Roger Ryberg | March 19, 2024
Sherrill and her friend on a pier near the family vacation home in Texas
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Owning a Vacation Home

Decisions, challenges, and joys

By Sherrill Pool Elizondo | March 12, 2024
A little girl and her father buying from a vendor at a farmers market. Image by Monkey Business Images
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Come As You Are

Finding community at the farmers market

By Kathleen Sams | March 5, 2024
Jax (foreground) and Harly, German shepherds in the story from Cindy Karch on healing from the loss of a four-legged soulmate
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Healing After the Loss of a Soulmate Pet

How one woman’s broken heart finally healed

By Cindy Karch | February 27, 2024
A trucker in front of his semi tractor truck, parked in front of snow covered mountains. Image by Vitpho. Article: An Attitude of Gratitude: My Tipping Point
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An Attitude of Gratitude: My Tipping Point

A semi-retired trucker from Kansas shares ‘A Likely Story’

By Roger Ryberg | February 14, 2024
a happy dancing couple outside, image by Ruslan Huzau. Article on Dance Lessons in Life
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Dance Lessons of Life

Memories of the Mashed Potato, school dances, and love

By Joanne C. Parsons | February 6, 2024
little IKEA loveseat and table. Melpomenem
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From My IKEA Loveseat

An old friend that has supported her over the years

By Karen Czuleger Strgacich | January 30, 2024
The United States presidential seal on a satin cloth. By Pavel Kusmartsev. A Man of Great Character and a Chatty Passenger
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A Man of Great Character

The chatty passenger on his nine-hour flight was an ex-president

By Colin M. Kelly | January 23, 2024
William Shennan on the left, with his buddy Alf Pellant on the right, sitting on their Norton 16H motorcycles. My dad was a dispatch rider for the Canadian Army during WW2, and the picture was taken probably in Belgium, 1944
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William Shennan at War

Experiences in World War II and life after war

By Wesley Shennan | January 16, 2024
“I am just now grieving a marriage that ended 20 years ago.” Writer Karen Czuleger Strgacich writes of ignoring her early divorce only to have the pain hit her later. Image by Fizkes
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Grieving a Marriage Many Years Later

To a sisterhood of other women arriving to retirement years alone

By Karen Czuleger Strgacich | January 9, 2024

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