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I used to root around in my car for coins when I knew I had to buy something small at the grocery store and didn't have any cash on hand.
Now I simply apologize for pulling out a credit card …
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Jeanne Sager
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5/24/22
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The prom photos flooded social media this weekend — some taken by me, others by the teens’ own parents.
Quickly, I realized that there were faces that I didn’t recognize, and I …
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Jeanne Sager
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5/17/22
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Last week was a sad one at the Sullivan County Jail in Sullivan County, Tennessee. An inmate passed away due to a medical issue.
I don’t know the inmate.
I don’t know anyone who …
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Jeanne Sager
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5/10/22
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The trip to Westchester Medical Center takes nearly two hours from my house, especially in the early morning hours when rush hour traffic makes for periods of stop and go.
It’s a trip …
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Jeanne Sager
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5/3/22
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When we walked into a college tour session in the middle of Boston last fall and spotted a father and daughter from home sitting right near the door, my first thought was “Oh, wow! People we …
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Jeanne Sager
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4/26/22
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When the pandemic began and toilet paper was in short supply, it was easy enough to blame hoarders filling shopping carts (and basements) with all the TP they could get their hands on. The real …
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Jeanne Sager
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4/19/22
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At some point it began to feel like every single person who left New York City due to the pandemic came to Sullivan County.
A slight exaggeration, for sure, but there’s new research out of …
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Jeanne Sager
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4/5/22
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The arrival of the annual Young Professionals section of the Democrat always hits me with a jolt of energy.
As a parent raising a child in our county, the fear that our kids will grow up and move …
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Jeanne Sager
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3/29/22
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There’s a look my husband gets on his face when I start to piece together how someone he’s just met is related to someone else he knows.
It’s one part serious as the gears in his …
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Jeanne Sager
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3/22/22
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In the earliest days of the pandemic, I was ravenous for news, reading every article, watching every press briefing, furiously browsing the Internet for answers.
It took weeks for this to slow …
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Jeanne Sager
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3/15/22
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March 7, 2020. It was the day of the Sullivan County All-County Musical Festival, a chance for the county’s brightest and best young musicians to come together to perform their hearts out in …
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Jeanne Sager
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3/8/22
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Do you remember going to the grocery store or the mall before March 2020? Take a moment. It’s been awhile before a time when we couldn’t get through a conversation without using the words …
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Jeanne Sager
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3/1/22
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