A Life in Light: Meditations on Impermanence by Mary Pipher (Bloomsbury). A psychologist (that’s what her Ph.D says), but pretty clearly her real calling from the start was not psychotherapist, …
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George Ernsberger
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7/29/22
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Before the summer ends, I always find myself buying large amounts of peaches, nectarines, and plums. Although wonderful on their own, they taste even better with burrata. I would explain burrata as a …
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Claire Stabbert
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7/29/22
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Last week I wrote about Roundup, with it's active ingredient Glyphosate, and how it is getting into our foodsource.
In a recent independant lab test of popular breakfast cereals, …
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Jim Boxberger
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7/29/22
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If you grew up watching police shows on television you are aware that in almost every episode a dispatcher would broadcast an alert on the radio, “Calling all cars.” Before today’s …
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Hudson Cooper
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7/29/22
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I spoke to two friends and their families about their heart surgeries ~ one who was about to undergo his and the other who was home after his.
That was just a few days ago, …
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June Donohue
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7/29/22
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I’ve seen a lot of sights on the Delaware River ranging from ordinary to unusual to outright miraculous. I’ve seen dogs of all sizes; some that like to swim and others that just lap up a …
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Ramona Jan
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7/26/22
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I may be barking up the wrong tree but many of us occasionally use idioms without even realizing it. As a reminder, an idiom is a phrase that has come to mean something totally different then its …
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Hudson Cooper
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7/22/22
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Will I never see my granddaughter’s beautiful smile again? Will I miss out on seeing my new grandson grow up?
What if I can’t look into my wife’s eyes when I say that I love …
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Barry Lewis
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7/22/22
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I think the biggest compliment any chef or cook can get us someone saying “I never knew that ingredient could taste so good”. That is what my fiancée said about this simple app, …
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Claire Stabbert
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7/22/22
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Kindergarten is a time when 5-year-olds start to develop ac- ademic and social skills. It is a time to build new friendships and explore the world outside of their homes. For me, it was also a time …
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Hudson Cooper
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7/19/22
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Grandma’s diary July 1913, part 2
My grandmother, Lina Dreher, was sixteen when she kept this diary. She was bribed, by her father, with a bank account of $200 to quit school and work in …
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Ramona Jan
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7/19/22
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When I was growing up our family went out for dinner almost every Sunday night. We often went to a restaurant named China Moon. Like most Americans we never heard of Hunan, Sichuan or Cantonese. Back …
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Hudson Cooper
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7/15/22
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