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By Mary Bennett
As I walked to the steps and began to go up, I paused. I was not sure what to expect. Hopefully Isis, the eighteen year old cat would be sitting at the door waiting for me, or rather Zara, Tim and Jon. My dynamic trio, as I refer to them, are my [...]
By Maryanne Curran
What’s in a name? As far as my grandmother was concerned, names didn’t mean much. Many different people called her many different names. But the one name that stuck the longest was “Flossie.” It was bestowed on her by one of her six sons-in-law. I’m not [...]
By: Karla Sullivan
My grandfather’s whitewashed farmhouse was located in small town, central Illinois framed by an ever-changing horizon and guarded by cornstalks. Each had grown tall with gangling arms, restive and ready to capture their trespassers, twisting their leafy fingers round and round, threatening to arrest me. I was only six years old then.
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The “We Remember” banner was designed by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11. The flag contains three images, each representing locations of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The left side of the flag depicts theWorldTradeCenter inNew York. The top right side of the flag bears [...]
By Shelley Viggiano
My youngest daughter toddled over to her grandfather, clutching a pink soft-sided book. “Will you read this to me, Grampa?”
“Sure I will, little darlin’, hop up in my lap!”
I intently watched my father read with animation about fairy tale princesses and magical kingdoms to my youngest daughter. I had [...]
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