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Category: In the News
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I try not to post twice in one day, but I just heard that Clarence Clemons, saxophone player extraordinaire, died today. Complications from a stroke a week ago. And it makes me sad. I was a latecomer to Brucie, Clarence and the E-Street Band, but once there, I was hooked. Tom and I went to…
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It's hot here in Texas, ladies and gentlemen! "Yesterday was the 5th consecutive day that the Austin, Texas Bergstrom Airport tied or set a new daily temperature record. On Monday, June 6, the airport hit 103°F, the earliest in the year that location had ever hit 103°.(Dr. Jeff Masters'WunderBlog, June 8, 2011) Hot and dry! …
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Well, I guess I gave it away in the title. Rain keeps flirting with us here in the Hollow. This morning the sky opened up full force – for about three seconds. But the faucet kept dripping… I felt drops on my head all during our walk. I carried an umbrella just in case the…
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"Osama has been killed!" I didn't believe the words at first when I saw them posted on Facebook, just skimmed past them thinking it was some political joke or teaser. Then I saw them again. And again. Behind me, my phone beeped – my son texting me with the news. I turned on the television,…
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On a summer morning in 1981, I stumbled up the stairs and into my condo after a twelve-hour night shift, turned on the television, plopped on the floor, and watched the fairy-tale wedding of Diana and Charles. Despite the cynicism of my 22 years, I guess I believed in the fairy-tale, and must have…
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Despite sweating at least an hour almost every day, running, jumping rope, lifting free weights, stretching … despite trying to strengthen my heart, lungs, bones and maintain my flexibility in my fight against the villainous side effects of menopause … I found out I'm losing anyway, because the rest of the day I sit…
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Tiny almond-shaped eyes – chocolate drops full of innocence, ignorant of the violence that brought us all together – peered at me over her mother's shoulder. She wore a yellow romper and sky blue bonnet, such a contrast to the black and white donned by the rest of us who formed a circle of love…
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If you're interested in film – especially independent film – pay attention… One of my creative friends, Byron Tully, is part of a new project,"Indie Friendlie", a weekly television program "created to give independent filmmakers an outlet for their work to be seen and for the public to learn about them", according to the website, http://indiefriendlie.com/.…
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