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• Why I love “Yankee Doodle Dandy” July 5, 2010
  Our family watched this movie almost annually for many years as it was broadcast every 4th of July in the Chicagoland area. To me it’s just not the 4th of July without Yankee Doodle Dandy. It appeals to me for a number of reasons. Yes it is corny. It is dated. It is Hollywood . […]
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• Counting My Blessings June 27, 2010
  Gorging on fresh raspberries while two Ana’s hummingbirds watch me. Cable TV. Old movies, American Pickers, Hoarders, History channel, sci fi. Raccoons have been evicted. Reading in the sun. Bees, butterflies and dragonflies. […]
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• Bless all the living things June 24, 2010
  The images of all the sea animals and the marshes and wetlands oozing black sludge. An entire eco-sytem crapped on. It is heart-breaking. As devastating as an earthquake or flood but it could been prevented. It should have been prevented. As people we aren’t content to fish and hunt species to extinction or foul the […]
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• The thorn is deep June 22, 2010
  Thorns are like family or family are like thorns. They sometimes get imbedded in your skin and not matter how hard you squeeze they never stop festering. This goes for friends too. And for the memories we hold for the same. After a while, the thorn doesn’t hurt anymore but it is scarred over and […]
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