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Holiday Interlude
... grateful for the pause
Dec 29, 2025
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September 1st has long been my New Year's Day ...
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The Agony of Shopping for New School Clothes in the Chubette Section
Aug 17, 2025
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She'll be coming 'round the mountain ...
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The Season for giving ...
a daughter's unexpected act of courage
Nov 28, 2025
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Halloween in Victor, Iowa
... as "Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF" celebrates 75 years!
Oct 24, 2025
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Breaking the Spell: Reflections on the Okoboji Writers and Songwriters Retreat
... two weeks after the fact.
Oct 12, 2025
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She'll be coming 'round the mountain ...
... and just who is "she," anyway?
Sep 27, 2025
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September 1st has long been my New Year's Day ...
and not only because it's my birthday month.
Aug 31, 2025
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The Agony of Shopping for New School Clothes in the Chubette Section
(chubette defined: a term used to describe a girl who isn't usually chubby or overweight, but is looking or feeling especially fat or chubby at that…
Aug 17, 2025
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Hot Flash Travels ...
.... are they a prerequisite?
Jul 31, 2025
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Detasseling 101: "Work Hard, Make Money, Have Fun", or, All That for a Stupid Sun Tan?
Jun 22, 2025
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"Something for you?"
... a loving and apologetic tribute to Ed and Mabel Schirm
May 31, 2025
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