By Sandy Vasko I have been researching New Year’s traditions around the world and have found some mighty strange ones. In Denmark, for instance, they…
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I don’t know about you, but I am not much of a New Year’s resolution-type person. I grew up with a mom whose mantra was…
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Dick Tyler shares this photo of the 4th Grade class at Elwood Grade School, led by teacher Pearl Wilfong. These kids are 73 and 74…
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My favorite Christmas tree ornament made it onto the tree again this year. I took a new photo of it this year, and as you can…
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A record crowd turned out under gloomy skies December 14 to help lay wreaths at thousands of graves at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in…
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I have been wanting to write about a very controversial topic for some time. Do not panic; it is not politics or the thermostat wars…
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Brothers Rodney and Ron Bettenhausen (ages 5 and 3) sitting on a hay rack as it is unloaded into the barn by their grandfather, Fred…
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By Sandy Vasko I know that many of my gentle readers have loved ones away from home this holiday season. No matter what the reason,…
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By Nick Reiher For one reason or another, Christmas almost always has been stressful for me. There the whole, “Ya Gotta Be Good” warnings from…
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I am a product of the 1960s and ‘70s peace, love, gardening and all. And as the old saying goes, “What is old is new…
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