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My husband’s 93-year-old aunt passed away April 20.
She insisted there be no funeral, no obituary, no nonsense regarding her passing. We were to simply pour her cremains in with those …
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The recent unseasonably rotten spring weather would drive even Pollyanna to grumpiness, so there is little hope for the rest of us.
Many of us are from the “cheer up, things could be …
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4/24/13
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Yup. Mother of the bride. That’s me. We’re planning a wedding at our house —literally. The bride, our oldest daughter, Emilia, plans to get married this fall on the farm …
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4/10/13
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It’s been 32 degrees for what seems like a month. The trees are not budding. The tulips are not poking out of the ground. The grass is not green and we are all grumpy.
… Until …
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Spring fever hit hard at Tollefson Publishing in early March.
It all started when someone cleaned a desk. Which led to the moving of a box. Which resulted in somebody saying, “We should …
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Having been assigned the job of covering the tobacco ordinance public hearings has caused me to reflect on my own path from smoker to ex-smoker.
I fall soundly in the personal responsibility …
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2/27/13
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Well, the big day has arrived. It’s the day that strikes terror in the hearts of all men in committed relationships, because today is the day their commitment is evaluated.
Yes, …
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Some anniversaries are best forgotten, but it’s been 13 years since I rolled my mini-van on an ice-covered road north of Luverne.
It was back in the day when I was still a home-schooling …
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Well, we’ve returned safe and sound from our trip to London. Our cat has (almost) forgiven us for leaving him with relatives. The suitcases have been put back in storage awaiting their next …
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I am in the middle of a two-week tour of London with my husband, two daughters, son and daughter-in-law and we are having a blast.
The food, the travel, the time zone — …
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1/2/13
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