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A little fun
Let’s have a little fun this week. Shall we? I’ve always been amazed at how the human mind works (especially my mind).
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Bones/boats in the living room
“Mom, we have major babysitting problems next week,” Calvin told me on the phone.
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From Jacksonville to Detroit
B. J. and I were up early at our cozy nook near the Jacksonville International Airport.
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A patch of pumpkins
Last Wednesday I had the opportunity to travel to Odum to visit Poppell Farms Pumpkin Patch with Pre-K students from Altamaha Elementary and Fourth District Elementary. Jacob, my four-year-old son...
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The People’s Business
by Tommie Williams
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While I often quote our founding fathers for their wisdom in creating a Constitution of almost divine qualities, there is one glaring issue that they overlooked.
Creature of habit
by Mary Ann Ellis
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Saturday morning I plundered through my sizeable collection of cookie cutters for pumpkins, ghosts or black cats, but found a host of gingerbread men, stars, ducks, bells, and Christmas trees instead.
A great story
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A good friend sent the following to me a few days back and I decided to pass on to our readers.
North to Alaska, continued
by James Boyd
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Traveling by air and by sea, especially if it includes crossing a border into a foreign country, can be tricky.
If George Washington only knew
by Mary Ann Ellis
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My sister and I grew up in chenille robes. Mama called them housecoats and we used them as such.
I’m no Iron Butt
by Jamie Gardner
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It’s Monday. I’m trying my best to sit at the computer and write this column.
national news
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military base....
By BRIAN SKOLOFF and ANGELA K. BROWN
Sat Nov 07 04:13:26 -0600 2009
As word spread that a gunman had opened fire at Fort Hood leaving a trail of carnage, a chilling realization swept across the U.S. Muslim community: He has an Islamic name....
By ERIC GORSKI
Sat Nov 07 04:22:37 -0600 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is traveling to Capitol Hill on Saturday to try to close the sale on his signature health care overhaul, facing a make-or-break vote in the House certain to be seen as a test of his presidency....
By ERICA WERNER
Sat Nov 07 04:16:38 -0600 2009
KABUL (AP) -- Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the top U.N. official in the country overstepped his authority by giving instructions on how to rid the government of corruption and warlords....
By HEIDI VOGT
Sat Nov 07 04:17:59 -0600 2009