When I was a kid, I was a voracious reader. Luckily, we lived near a library. My trips to the library often employed a wagon to ferry my borrowings home. Once, my mother walked by me in the living room …
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I’ve been attending Peter Mayer concerts for more than a decade. Peter, a member of Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band, tours with his own people whenever he’s not busy with Buffett. He usually comes to my town at Christmastime for his …
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Little Nora, the feisty, sweet, and sometimes surly Cairn terrier we rescued nearly four years ago, who was diagnosed with canine Cushing’s disease a couple of months ago, has a new challenge. Blindness. This newest malady might be related to Nora’s …
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Tech guru and radio host, Kim Komando, wrote an article for the July 15, 2015 issue of Bottom Line Personal about Google Flights, an airfare finder that seems to outperform most airfare search sites. Here are seven bits about Google Flights from …
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I just became a member of the grandmother club. This magical experience brings back many memories of my own babies, and it seems like just yesterday that we were preparing our nursery for the first time. My grandchild’s home is …
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Do you like the feeling of cool, refreshing water on your skin and the sights and sounds of nature all round you? You might like the list of seven swimming holes, I found in the June 2015 Better Homes & …
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You could exhaust yourself trying to follow every health trend that people are talking about today. Better Homes & Gardens ran a good article in its March 2015 edition that covers some of the hottest health trends, “What’s the Deal With. . …
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There’s a great article in the 2015 Annual Natural Dog magazine entitled, “15 Natural Tips to Optimize Your Dog’s Health.” Seven are particularly interesting, so I will share them with you here. Good food: Feed your dog food that has …
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The May 2015 Motorist from AAA contains an article on car batteries and the “electrifying developments” that are taking place in the automotive-battery industry. Here are seven bits of info about car batteries you might be interested in knowing. Lead-acid …
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Contrary to what many people think, more family members care for their older relatives themselves than put them in nursing homes. An estimated 43.5 million people in the United States provide long-term care for a family member with a chronic illness …
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