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Memories of a perfect day linger

Do you ever rush through days without pausing to appreciate their beauty, their simplicity, and the gifts of friendship and love that ripple within them? ... Read more

by Nina Keenam, Saturday, July 2, 2022 7:30 am

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The key to a successful newspaper

“Uh Sir,” a trembling young man addressed a newspaper editor. “Well, what do you want? Make it short, I’m busy,” the grizzled old man with ... Read more

by Nina Keenam, Saturday, June 25, 2022 7:30 am

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The frustrations of can openers

Have you ever struggled with a can opener? I was surprised when I read that the first tin can was patented in 1810. The inventor ... Read more

by Nina Keenam, Saturday, June 18, 2022 7:30 am

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Precious memories of Bible School

“I’m not coming unless they serve my favorite grape Kool Aid,” a little boy told the preacher who urged him to attend Vacation Bible School. ... Read more

by Nina Keenam, Saturday, June 11, 2022 7:30 am

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Finding comfort in a bird’s nest

One beautiful spring day my daddy and I stood in a small workshop he was building behind his garage. The workshop and a radial saw ... Read more

by Nina Keenam, Saturday, June 4, 2022 7:30 am

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Alabama has interesting state symbols

What is Alabama’s state flower? If the humble, persistent goldenrod popped in your mind, you are mistaken just as I was on first thought. Then ... Read more

by Nina Keenam, Saturday, May 28, 2022 7:30 am

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Corn silks actually have a purpose

“What’s the purpose of these things?” my mother wondered as she struggled with a wad of corn silk. Tiny beads of perspiration had popped out ... Read more

by Nina Keenam, Saturday, May 21, 2022 7:30 am

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What in the world is a ‘Momolie’?

As soon as I opened the little book by Michele Slung called “Momilies and More Momilies as My Mother Used to Say,” I had a ... Read more

by Nina Keenam, Saturday, May 14, 2022 7:30 am

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A special time for ‘Friday Lunch Friends’

It is Friday lunch time. You might have seen them at one time or another, six older women, making their way to a table at one of ... Read more

by Nina Keenam, Saturday, May 7, 2022 7:30 am

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‘O beautiful for spacious skies’

“O beautiful for spacious skies” are the words that came to Katharine Lee Bates in 1893 as she stood with some of her Colorado College ... Read more