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SECTION: Columnists
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Laura on Life: Wearing mocha milkshakes
My husband was having a bad day, he said. Well, I thought, it’s not going to get any better with the plans we had for the evening. Painting the outside of a house is not a job that would make a bad day better.
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Fresh from the Brewer: A love for life
I had somebody ask me if I thought it was dangerous to be so “over compulsive” in the things I do. I discerned they really meant, was I overly passionate. Their religious experience had taught them that passion was dangerous, and so it is – to religion.
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Wilder's Whole World
"Nothing ventured; nothing gained."
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Laura on Life: Piercing poses a problem
Remember that this is being written by a mother who has been through exactly 36 vaccination events with five children.
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Patricia's Porch Talk: Mother's Day goes out on a limb
My curiosity was piqued yesterday when I noticed a dark, shadowy spot in the willow oak that grows by the driveway.
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Reaching your full potential
Lots of groups and movements work in behalf of people to help them reach their full potential.
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Warrior Spirit, alive & well
I witnessed something spectacular last night. The kind of thing that makes your chest swell with pride and maybe even bring a tear to a mother’s eye. It was right in our own town’s backyard, or rather BHS’s backyard, the high school gym.
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Keep the housing market a free market
"Republicans and Democrats have come together to create a bipartisan measure that puts the American taxpayer on the line for risky loans and poor decisions." -- Libertarian Party statement
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Wilder's Whole World
In the men's room at my church, there is a wall border with an idyllic scene.
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Laura on Life: Mother's Day Dilemma
I read an article the other day about what mothers wanted for Mother’s Day. Someone had taken a poll that showed about half the mothers wanted jewelry and the other half wanted flowers. Were those our only choices?
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Why the war in Iraq?
A U.S-led coalition of armed forces invaded Iraq in March of 2003, ousting its cruel leader Saddam Hussein, and which has since attempted to bring security to the oil-rich nation. America has so far lost in excess of 4000 military personnel and spent billions on the war effort. Have the costs been worth it? Moreover, why are troops still occupying Iraq? This poses questions to which there are no easy answer.
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On With the Show!...The peppermint candy
The moon was high … the indigo/night air smelled like water and the air sizzled its arms around you . . .
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