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   <a name="2023"><h2>Columns for 2023</h2></a>

<p style ="text-align:left">January<br>
01-06-2023 <a href="./2023/01-06-23.htm">"What a revoltin' development!"</a><br>
01-13-2023 <a href="./2023/01-13-23.htm">A love letter to 2022</a><br>
01-20-2023 <a href="./2023/01-20-23.htm">The season of contests</a><br>
01-27-2023 <a href="./2023/01-27-23.htm">Hard to fathom</a>
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February<br>
02-03-2023 <a href="./2023/02-03-23.htm">No pie left behind</a><br>
02-10-2023 <a href="./2023/02-10-23.htm">Scanning a life</a><br>
02-17-2023 <a href="./2023/02-17-23.htm">Good friends, good times and good scones!</a><br>
02-24-2023 <a href="./2023/02-24-23.htm">A winter weekend in Wisconsin</a>
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March<br>
03-03-2023 <a href="./2023/03-03-23.htm">From frustrating to fun</a><br>
03-10-2023 <a href="./2023/03-10-23.htm">Goober peas</a><br>
03-17-2023 <a href="./2023/03-17-23.htm">Celebrating the "new year"</a><br>
03-24-2023 <a href="./2023/03-24-23.htm">Coupons and catalogs</a><br>
03-31-2023 <a href="./2023/03-31-23.htm">A bit of sunshine</a>
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April<br>
04-07-2023 <a href="./2023/04-07-23.htm">"New and Improved"</a><br>
04-14-2023 <a href="./2023/04-14-23.htm">Donna and "The Duke"</a></br>
04-21-2023 <a href="./2023/04-21-23.htm">For the love of barns</a><br>
04-28-2023 <a href="./2023/04-28-23.htm">Serendipity</a>
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May<br>
05-05-2023 <a href="./2023/05-05-23.htm">Just the ticket</a><br>
05-12-2023 <a href="./2023/05-12-23.htm">Tesla's magic</a><br>
05-19-2023 <a href="./2023/05-19-23.htm">Chronik, Ksi&#261;z &#346;l&#261;ski and Kasia</a><br>
05-26-2023 <a href="./2023/05-26-23.htm">"Land of Song"</a>
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June<br>
06-02-2023 <a href="./2023/06-02-23.htm">Coronation celebration</a><br>
06-09-2023 <a href="./2023/06-09-23.htm">A week of weakness for BBQ</a><br>
06-16-2023 <a href="./2023/06-16-23.htm">Sachsenhausen - one of many</a><br>
06-23-2023 <a href="./2023/06-23-23.htm">"Zug!"</a><br>
06-30-2023 <a href="./2023/06-30-23.htm">Cats, couplers and corrosion create confusion</a>
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July<br>
07-07-2023 <a href="./2023/07-07-23.htm">"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"</a><br>
07-14-2023 <a href="./2023/07-14-23.htm">No place like home</a><br>
07-21-2023 <a href="./2023/07-21-23.htm">Sterling star</a><br>
07-28-2023 <a href="./2023/07-28-23.htm">My own national park</a>
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August<br>
08-04-2023 <a href="./2023/08-04-23.htm">"Putzing"and planning</a><br>
08-11-2023 <a href="./2023/08-11-23.htm">It's electric</a><br>
08-18-2023 <a href="./2023/08-18-23.htm">"You're mine today!"</a><br>
08-25-2023 <a href="./2023/08-25-23.htm">How cool is that?</a>
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September<br>
09-01-2023 <a href="./2023/09-01-23.htm">"I can hear you now!"</a><br>
09-08-2023 <a href="./2023/09-08-23.htm">Mission accomplie</a><br>
09-15-2023 <a href="./2023/09-15-23.htm">Curiosity - with a side of crispy chicken</a><br>
09-22-2023 <a href="./2023/09-22-23.htm">"God's Lantern" breathes</a><br>
09-29-2023 <a href="./2023/09-29-23.htm">We and the ÖBB</a>
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October<br>
10-06-2023 <a href="./2023/10-06-23.htm">Sensational 70th surprises!</a><br>
10-13-2023 <a href="./2023/10-13-23.htm">Unforgettable Prague weekend</a><br>
10-20-2023 <a href="./2023/10-20-23.htm">I left my "kids" in Newark!</a><br>
10-27-2023 <a href="./2023/10-27-23.htm">Art encounter in the Austrian landscape</a>
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November<br>
11-03-2023 <a href="./2023/11-03-23.htm">Laona, Larry, lutefisk, lakes and more</a><br>
11-10-2023 <a href="./2023/11-10-23.htm">Good intentions</a><br>
11-17-2023 <a href="./2023/11-17-23.htm">Bird brain</a><br>
11-24-2023 <a href="./2023/11-24-23.htm">Fall's mixed nature</a>
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December<br>
12-01-2023 <a href="./2023/12-01-23.htm">"Oops!"</a><br>
12-08-2023 <a href="./2023/12-08-23.htm">Candy-cane daze</a><br>
12-15-2023 <a href="./2023/12-15-23.htm">Fa-la-la</a><br>
12-22-2023 <a href="./2023/12-22-23.htm">Art's Christmas treasures</a><br>
12-29-2023 <a href="./2023/12-29-23.htm">Closing a chapter</a>
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   <a name="2022"><h2>Columns for 2022</h2></a>

<p style ="text-align:left">January<br>
01-07-2022 <a href="./2022/01-07-22.htm">Going to hell</a><br>
01-14-2022 <a href="./2022/01-14-22.htm">"Find Your North"</a><br>
01-21-2022 <a href="./2022/01-21-22.htm">War hero, statesman, "everyman"</a><br>
01-28-2022 <a href="./2022/01-28-22.htm">Decisions! Decisions!</a>
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February<br>
02-04-2022 <a href="./2022/02-04-22.htm">Wintering in Wisconsin</a><br>
02-11-2022 <a href="./2022/02-11-22.htm">"Aunt Kay moved ..."</a><br>
02-18-2022 <a href="./2022/02-18-22.htm">Getting to know you</a><br>
02-25-2022 <a href="./2022/02-25-22.htm">CEO<a/>
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March<br>
03-04-2022 <a href="./2022/03-04-22.htm">Who are you?</a><br>
03-11-2022 <a href="./2022/03-11-22.htm">Poupon U?</a><br>
03-18-2022 <a href="./2022/03-18-22.htm">"Knockers up!"</a><br>
03-25-2022 <a href="./2022/03-25-22.htm">"Just put your lips together ..."</a>
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April<br>
04-01-2022 <a href="./2022/04-01-22.htm">"Poisson d'avril"</a><br>
04-08-2022 <a href="./2022/04-08-22.htm">"It's more than a haircut"</a><br>
04-15-2022 <a href="./2022/04-15-22.htm">Nirvana</a><br>
04-22-2022 <a href="./2022/04-22-22.htm">Comfortable with ourselves</a><br>
04-29-2022 <a href="./2022/04-29-22.htm">Septuagenarian spud</a>
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May<br>
05-06-2022 <a href="./2022/05-06-22.htm">Making magic happen</a><br>
05-13-2022 <a href="./2022/05-13-22.htm">Taking a drive</a><br>
05-20-2022 <a href="./2022/05-20-22.htm">Cora, Lidl, Spar and other "favorite" spots</a><br>
05-27-2022 <a href="./2022/05-27-22.htm">Those doggone emotions!<a/>
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June<br>
06-03-2022 <a href="./2022/06-03-22.htm">The "Energizer Bunny"</a><br>
06-10-2022 <a href="./2022/06-10-22.htm">Traveling the "Spargelstrasse"</a><br>
06-17-2022 <a href="./2022/06-17-22.htm">Making a memory</a><br>
06-24-2022 <a href="./2022/06-24-22.htm">Surprise! ... but no surprise</a>
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July<br>
07-01-2022 <a href="./2022/07-01-22.htm">Naked Attraction</a><br>
07-08-2022 <a href="./2022/07-08-22.htm">Red, white and blue</a><br>
07-15-2022 <a href="./2022/07-15-22.htm">Confusion</a><br>
07-22-2022 <a href="./2022/07-22-22.htm">A fan of fans</a><br>
07-29-2022 <a href="./2022/07-29-22.htm">A "thin place"</a>
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August<br>
08-05-2022 <a href="./2022/08-05-22.htm">From tenacity to trips</a><br>
08-12-2022 <a href="./2022/08-12-22.htm">Carndaisy</a><br>
08-19-2022 <a href="./2022/08-19-22.htm">I received my diploma!</a><br>
08-26-2022 <a href="./2022/08-26-22.htm">Making sense of the census</a>
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September<br>
09-02-2022 <a href="./2022/09-02-22.htm">A chance encounter</a><br>
09-09-2022 <a href="./2022/09-09-22.htm">"Heirloom" gifts</a><br>
09-16-2022 <a href="./2022/09-16-22.htm">Fish tales</a><br>
09-23-2022 <A href="./2022/09-23-22.htm">Cottage or Cabin?</a><br>
09-30-2022 <a href="./2022/09-30-22.htm">A reminder to be kind</a>
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October<br>
10-07-2022 <a href="./2022/10-07-22.htm">"How many professors ..."</a><br>
10-14-2022 <a href="./2022/10-14-22.htm">A passion for the Passion</a><br>
10-21-2022 <a href="./2022/10-21-22.htm">Unexpected entertainment</a><br>
10-28-2022 <a href="./2022/10-28-22.htm">One of "My Favorite Things"</a>
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November<br>
11-04-2022 <a href="./2022/11-04-22.htm">Colors, cabbage, cranes and a camp - a nice combination</a><br>
11-11-2022 <a href="./2022/11-11-22.htm">Art for the heart</a><br>
11-18-2022 <a href="./2022/11-18-22.htm">Wedding snapshots</a><br>
11-25-2022 <a href="./2022/11-25-22.htm">Tree tales</a>
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December<br>
12-02-2022 <a href="./2022/12-02-22.htm">Thankful - whatever the circumstances</a><br>
12-09-2022 <a href="./2022/12-09-22.htm">For the love of books</a><br>
12-16-2022 <a href="./2022/12-16-22.htm">Albums of the future</a><br>
12-23-2022 <a href="./2022/12-23-22.htm">Stille Nacht</a><br>
12-30-2022 <a href="./2022/12-30-22.htm">Holiday expectations - and evaluations</a>
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   <a name="2021"><h2>Columns for 2021</h2></a>

<p style ="text-align:left">January<br>
01-01-2021 <a href="./2021/01-01-21.htm">Low expectations</a><br>
01-08-2021 <a href="./2021/01-08-21.htm">Orderly ABCs</a><br>
01-15-2021 <a href="./2021/01-15-21.htm">The joy of dancing</a><br>
01-22-2021 <a href="./2021/01-22-21.htm">Awe walking</a><br>
01-29-2021 <a href="./2021/01-29-21.htm">A journalist on journalism</a>
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February<br>
02-05-2021 <a href="./2021/02-05-21.htm">William's story continues</a><br>
02-12-2021 <a href="./2021/02-12-21.htm">From pinwheel to powerhouse</a><br>
02-19-2021 <a href="./2021/02-19-21.htm">The Tommy we knew</a><br>
02-26-2021 <a href="./2021/02-26-21.htm">The Tommy we didn’t know</a>
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March<br>
03-05-2021 <a href="./2021/03-05-21.htm">"A little jab'll do ya!"</a><br>
03-12-2021 <a href="./2021/03-12-21.htm">It's 6 P.M. here in Kansas</a><br>
03-19-2021 <a href="./2021/03-19-21.htm">No sour Kraut here!</a><br>
03-26-2021 <a href="./2021/03-26-21.htm">"We could learn a lot from crayons"</a>
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April<br>
04-02-2021 <a href="./2021/04-02-21.htm">A gift that keeps on giving</a><br>
04-09-2021 <a href="./2021/04-09-21.htm">Four-letter words</a><br>
04-16-2021 <a href="./2021/04-16-21.htm">Dueling with Duo</a><br>
04-23-2021 <a href="./2021/04-23-21.htm">Raising the roof</a><br>
04-30-2021 <a href="./2021/04-30-21.htm">The power of poetry</a>
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May<br>
05-07-2021 <a href="./2021/05-07-21.htm">"I had fun"</a><br>
05-14-2021 <a href="./2021/05-14-21.htm">"This old house"</a><br>
05-21-2021 <a href="./2021/05-21-21.htm">A place for all seasons</a><br>
05-28-2021 <a href="./2021/05-28-21.htm">"The Merry, Merry Month of May"</a>
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June<br>
06-04-2021 <a href="./2021/06-04-21.htm">Botanical beauties and beasts</a><br>
06-11-2021 <a href="./2021/06-11-21.htm">"I know it when I see it"</a><br>
06-18-2021 <a href="./2021/06-18-21.htm">The end of an era</a><br>
06-25-2021 <a href="./2021/06-25-21.htm">A writer's toolbox</a>
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July<br>
07-02-2021 <a href="./2021/07-02-21.htm">My brain on patterns</a><br>
07-09-2021 <a href="./2021/07-09-21.htm">A slice of Americana</a><br>
07-16-2021 <a href="./2021/07-16-21.htm">Where are my keys?</a><br>
07-23-2021 <a href="./2021/07-23-21.htm">Life's small lessons</a><br>
07-30-2021 <a href="./2021/07-30-21.htm">Happy Birthday, ADA</a>
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August<br>
08-06-2021 <a href="./2021/08-06-21.htm">Grandpa's ledger</a><br>
08-13-2021 <a href="./2021/08-13-21.htm">Mural magic</a><br>
08-20-2021 <a href="./2021/08-20-21.htm">WYSIATI</a><br>
08-27-2021 <a href="./2021/08-27-21.htm">Blackberry birthday</a>
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September<br>
09-03-2021 <a href="./2021/09-03-21.htm">How do you like those (hedge) apples?</a><br>
09-10-2021 <a href="./2021/09-10-21.htm">Been there, done that</a><br>
09-17-2021 <a href="./2021/09-17-21.htm">Stories by the yard</a><br>
09-24-2021 <a href="./2021/09-24-21.htm">"So I can feel the rain"</a>
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October<br>
10-01-2021 <a href="./2021/10-01-21.htm">"Look <i>that</i> up in your Funk and Wagnalls"</a><br>
10-08-2021 <a href="./2021/10-08-21.htm">Louis and Luciano</a><br>
10-15-2021 <a href="./2021/10-15-21.htm">Fabulous fall</a><br>
10-22-2021 <a href="./2021/10-22-21.htm">From Jackson to the Jackson</a><br>
10-29-2021 <a href="./2021/10-29-21.htm">Visits changed our lives</a>
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November<br>
11-05-2021 <a href="./2021/11-05-21.htm">History sister</a><br>
11-12-2021 <a href="./2021/11-12-21.htm">Whirlwind week with Josh</a><br>
11-19-2021 <a href="./2021/11-19-21.htm">Quilts also warm your heart</a><br>
11-26-2021 <a href="./2021/11-26-21.htm">1,000 and counting</a>
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December<br>
12-03-2021 <a href="./2021/12-03-21.htm">Treasured times</a><br>
12-10-2021 <a href="./2021/12-10-21.htm">Unlearning old tricks</a><br>
12-17-2021 <a href="./2021/12-17-21.htm">Well-used items kindle memories</a><br>
12-24-2021 <a href="./2021/12-24-21.htm">Christmas classic turns 75</a><br>
12-31-2021 <a href="./2021/12-31-21.htm">Resolution resolution</a>

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   <a name="2020"><h2>Columns for 2020</h2></a>

<p style ="text-align:left">January<br>
01-03-2020 <a href="./2020/01-03-20.htm">New Year's resolution: do more niksen</a><br>
01-10-2020 <a href="./2020/01-10-20.htm">Peppernuts, roof shingles, posters and more</a><br>
01-17-2020 <a href="./2020/01-17-20.htm">"Winter warriors"</a><br>
01-24-2020 <a href="./2020/01-24-20.htm">Veterans live on through stories</a><br>
01-31-2020 <a href="./2020/01-31-20.htm">It's the Barrys</a>
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February<br>
02-07-2020 <a href="./2020/02-07-20.htm">"Chúc mừng năm mới!"</a><br>
02-14-2020 <a href="./2020/02-14-20.htm">A Valentine to Kansas women</a><br>
02-21-2020 <a href="./2020/02-21-20.htm">A gaffe a minute</a><br>
02-28-2020 <a href="./2020/02-28-20.htm">I looked before I leapt</a>
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March<br>
03-06-2020 <a href="./2020/03-06-20.htm">Throw caution to the wind</a><br>
03-13-2020 <a href="./2020/03-13-20.htm">" ... What can I do to make this mountain taller ..."</a><br>
03-20-2020 <a href="./2020/03-20-20.htm">Strange times</a><br>
03-27-2020 <a href="./2020/03-27-20.htm">Adapting</a>
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April<br>
04-03-2020 <a href="./2020/04-03-20.htm">The best medicine</a><br>
04-10-2020 <a href="./2020/04-10-20.htm">Opposite of exciting</a><br>
04-17-2020 <a href="./2020/04-17-20.htm">"And why?"</a><br>
04-24-2020 <a href="./2020/04-24-20.htm">"Jammin' with the fam!"</a>
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May<br>
05-01-2020 <a href="./2020/05-01-20.htm">"For the Beauty of the Earth"</a><br>
05-08-2020 <a href="./2020/05-08-20.htm">"Zooming" into retirement</a><br>
05-15-2020 <a href="./2020/05-15-20.htm">Bringing along our past</a><br>
05-22-2020 <a href="./2020/05-22-20.htm">Deb and my other friend Deb</a><br>
05-29-2020 <a href="./2020/05-29-20.htm">Storyteller, teacher, drummer, friend</a>
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June<br>
06-05-2020 <a href="./2020/06-05-20.htm">Bedtime stories</a><br>
06-12-2020 <a href="./2020/06-12-20.htm">"Messenger of Sympathy and Love ..."</a><br>
06-19-2020 <a href="./2020/06-19-20.htm">Tripping through my office</a><br>
06-26-2020 <a href="./2020/06-26-20.htm">Swinging can change your life</a>
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July<br>
07-03-2020 <a href="./2020/07-03-20.htm">From Aikman to Zitnik</a><br>
07-10-2020 <a href="./2020/07-10-20.htm">"Apple, table, penny"</a><br>
07-17-2020 <a href="./2020/07-17-20.htm">Feline family member</a><br>
07-24-2020 <a href="./2020/07-24-20.htm">On a junket for junket</a><br>
07-31-2020 <a href="./2020/07-31-20.htm">It sure feels like a story</a>
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August<br>
08-07-2020 <a href="./2020/08-07-20.htm">Jerome's "wheel of life"</a><br>
08-14-2020 <a href="./2020/08-14-20.htm">A day to do nothing</a><br>
08-21-2020 <a href="./2020/08-21-20.htm">Not haute cuisine, but it still hits the spot!</a><br>
08-28-2020 <a href="./2020/08-28-20.htm">The red elephant in the park</a>
<br>
<br>
September<br>
09-04-2020 <a href="./2020/09-04-20.htm">From clear-cut to conservation</a><br>
09-11-2020 <a href="./2020/09-11-20.htm">"Degree by degrees"</a><br>
09-18-2020 <a href="./2020/09-18-20.htm">A question</a><br>
09-25-2020 <a href="./2020/09-25-20.htm">A valuable informal education</a>
<br>
<br>
October<br>
10-02-2020 <a href="./2020/10-02-20.htm">Accepting the challenge, making a difference</a><br>
10-09-2020 <a href="./2020/10-09-20.htm">Connected to something bigger</a><br>
10-16-2020 <a href="./2020/10-16-20.htm">It makes me nervous!</a><br>
10-23-2020 <a href="./2020/10-23-20.htm">A Superior time</a><br>
10-30-2020 <a href="./2020/10-30-20.htm">"The cream of the crop"</a>
<br>
<br>
November<br>
11-06-2020 <a href="./2020/11-06-20.htm">84 shades of white</a><br>
11-13-2020 <a href="./2020/11-13-20.htm">What's for dinner?</a><br>
11-20-2020 <a href="./2020/11-20-20.htm">Art with Art</a><br>
11-27-2020 <a href="./2020/11-27-20.htm">Wayne in our world!</a>
<br>
<br>
December<br>
12-04-2020 <a href="./2020/12-04-20.htm">A cactus for Christmas?</a><br>
12-11-2020 <a href="./2020/12-11-20.htm">Labor of love</a><br>
12-18-2020 <a href="./2020/12-18-20.htm">"Blessed are the flexible ..."</a><br>
12-25-2020 <a href="./2020/12-25-20.htm">A special Christmas present</a>
</p>

   <a name="2019"><h2>Columns for 2019</h2></a>

<p style ="text-align:left">January<br>
01-04-2019 <a href="./2019/01-04-19.htm">Grimmy advice</a><br>
01-11-2019 <a href="./2019/01-11-19.htm">The gift of stories</a><br>
01-18-2019 <a href="./2019/01-18-19.htm">Magical light show in the snow</a><br>
01-25-2019 <a href="./2019/01-25-19.htm">"Nomeward bound"</a>
<br>
<br>
February<br>
02-01-2019 <a href="./2019/02-01-19.htm">Happy Whistlepig Day!</a><br>
02-08-2019 <a href="./2019/02-08-19.htm">Super serenity</a><br>
02-15-2019 <a href="./2019/02-15-19.htm">Hair today, gone tomorrow</a><br>
02-22-2019 <a href="./2019/02-22-19.htm">Does "la grippe" have a grip on me?</a>
<br>
<br>
March<br>
03-01-2019 <a href="./2019/03-01-19.htm">The man from the bus</a><br>
03-08-2019 <a href="./2019/03-08-19.htm">What's in a (nick)name?</a><br>
03-15-2019 <a href="./2019/03-15-19.htm">The classmates project</a><br>
03-22-2019 <a href="./2019/03-22-19.htm">Your brain on patterns</a><br>
03-29-2019 <a href="./2019/03-29-19.htm">My snapshot of a photographer</a>
<br>
<br>
April<br>
04-05-2019 <a href="./2019/04-05-19.htm">These are "something!"</a><br>
04-12-2019 <a href="./2019/04-12-19.htm">You never know</a><br>
04-19-2019 <a href="./2019/04-19-19.htm">Staying inside the lines</a><br>
04-26-2019 <a href="./2019/04-26-19.htm">Notre Dame - Our Lady</a>
<br>
<br>
May<br>
05-03-2019 <a href="./2019/05-03-19.htm">Harold's wings fly home</a><br>
05-10-2019 <a href="./2019/05-10-19.htm">It's what's between that counts</a><br>
05-17-2019 <a href="./2019/05-17-19.htm">No limit!</a><br>
05-24-2019 <a href="./2019/05-24-19.htm">Walking on history</a><br>
05-31-2019 <a href="./2019/05-31-19.htm">Godspeed, Uncle Stan!</a>
<br>
<br>
June<br>
06-07-2019 <a href="./2019/06-07-19.htm">William - take 3</a><br>
06-14-2019 <a href="./2019/06-14-19.htm">Buxton</a><br>
06-21-2019 <a href="./2019/06-21-19.htm">Special touches create a particularly memorable occasion</a><br>
06-28-2019 <a href="./2019/06-28-19.htm">From Wichita to Winnipeg</a>
<br>
<br>
July<br>
07-05-2019 <a href="./2019/07-05-19.htm">Good from bad - take 2</a><br>
07-12-2019 <a href="./2019/07-12-19.htm">Two very uncommon weeks</a><br>
07-19-2019 <a href="./2019/07-19-19.htm">Never been so easy</a><br>
07-26-2019 <a href="./2019/07-26-19.htm">This beautiful place</a>
<br>
<br>
August<br>
08-02-2019 <a href="./2019/08-02-19.htm">Family doc hangs up stethoscope</a><br>
08-09-2019 <a href="./2019/08-09-19.htm">Roman roamin'</a><br>
08-16-2019 <a href="./2019/08-16-19.htm">"Nuts!"</a><br>
08-23-2019 <a href="./2019/08-23-19.htm">Airport people-watching</a><br>
08-30-2019 <a href="./2019/08-30-19.htm">A "point of light"</a>
<br>
<br>
September<br>
09-06-2019 <a href="./2019/09-06-19.htm">Da Vinci still inspires</a><br>
09-13-2019 <a href="./2019/09-13-19.htm">"Something to do, ..."</a><br>
09-20-2019 <a href="./2019/09-20-19.htm">Too much information!</a><br>
09-27-2019 <a href="./2019/09-27-19.htm">Pass-along perennials</a>
<br>
<br>
October<br>
10-04-2019 <a href="./2019/10-04-19.htm">"Even a girl ..."</a><br>
10-11-2019 <a href="./2019/10-11-19.htm">Fellowship with a side of fried chicken</a><br>
10-18-2019 <a href="./2019/10-18-19.htm">Scents and sensibility</a><br>
10-25-2019 <a href="./2019/10-25-19.htm">This spud's for you!</a>
<br>
<br>
November<br>
11-01-2019 <a href="./2019/11-01-19.htm">Comforting connection to the past</a><br>
11-08-2019 <a href="./2019/11-08-19.htm">Where often is heard an irritating word</a><br>
11-15-2019 <a href="./2019/11-15-19.htm">Stories from your Colyumnist</a><br>
11-22-2019 <a href="./2019/11-22-19.htm">"The rule of age 10"</a><br>
11-29-2019 <a href="./2019/11-29-19.htm">600 tons of moving history</a>
<br>
<br>
December<br>
12-06-2019 <a href="./2019/12-06-19.htm">Nuts about crèches</a><br>
12-13-2019 <a href="./2019/12-13-19.htm">Swedish season of light</a><br>
12-20-2019 <a href="./2019/12-20-19.htm">"Blue Christmas"</a><br>
12-27-2019 <a href="./2019/12-27-19.htm">"From Atlantic to Pacific"</a>
</p>

   <a name="2018"><h2>Columns for 2018</h2></a>

<p style="text-align:left">
January<br>
01-05-2018 <a href="./2018/01-05-18.htm">Our “all-American” Christmas</a><br>
01-12-2018 <a href="./2018/01-12-18.htm">Feeding bodies and souls</a><br>
01-19-2018 <a href="./2018/01-19-18.htm">“You guys are my sisters”</a></br>
01-26-2018 <a href="./2018/01-26-18.htm">Embracing my Scandinavian side</a>
<br>
<br>
February<br>
02-02-2018 <a href="./2018/02-02-18.htm">"50 years later, progress, or not"</a><br>
02-09-2018 <a href="./2018/02-09-18.htm">The cat who thought he was a dog</a><br>
02-16-2018 <a href="./2018/02-16-18.htm">Thrifty to nifty</a><br>
02-23-2018 <a href="./2018/02-23-18.htm">My last constant</a>
<br>
<br>
March<br>
03-02-2018 <a href="./2018/03-02-18.htm">“Anecdotes by me”</a><br>
03-09-2018 <a href="./2018/03-09-18.htm">“The Glitter and the Gloom”</a><br>
03-16-2018 <a href="./2018/03-16-18.htm">Tinkering with time</a><br>
03-23-2018 <a href="./2018/03-23-18.htm">Laughing or snoring?</a><br>
03-30-2018 <a href="./2018/03-30-18.htm">Hitting the hay any time of day?</a>
<br>
<br>
April<br>
04-06-2018 <a href="./2018/04-06-18.htm">April fool</a><br>
04-13-2018 <a href="./2018/04-13-18.htm">Guenther, our friend</a><br>
04-20-2018 <a href="./2018/04-20-18.htm">Family matters</a><br>
04-27-2018 <a href="./2018/04-27-18.htm">Sowing seeds</a>
<br>
<br>
May<br>
05-04-2018 <a href="./2018/05-04-18.htm">William's bench</a><br>
05-11-2018 <a href="./2018/05-11-18.htm">Monarchs over Manhattan</a><br>
05-18-2018 <a href="./2018/05-18-18.htm">Ione talks to us</a><br>
05-25-2018 <a href="./2018/05-25-18.htm">“Some Enchanted Evening”</a>
<br>
<br>
June<br>
06-01-2018 <a href="./2018/06-01-18.htm">A need to be needed</a><br>
06-08-2018 <a href="./2018/06-08-18.htm">Eighth wonder of Wales</a><br>
06-15-2018 <a href="./2018/06-15-18.htm">Big Jim, Sparky and Jan</a><br>
06-22-2018 <a href="./2018/06-22-18.htm">No driving ambition</a><br>
06-29-2018 <a href="./2018/06-29-18.htm">Where the heart is</a>
<br>
<br>
July<br>
07-06-2018 <a href="./2018/07-06-18.htm">Big Apple seeds travel to the Little Apple and return</a><br>
07-13-2018 <a href="./2018/07-13-18.htm">Road trip!</a><br>
07-20-2018 <a href="./2018/07-20-18.htm">More than a walk in the woods</a><br>
07-27-2018 <a href="./2018/07-27-18.htm">It's complicated</a>
<br>
<br>
August<br>
08-03-2018 <a href="./2018/08-03-18.htm">Heart of Metz</a><br>
08-10-2018 <a href="./2018/08-10-18.htm">The Templar Knights back in the day</a><br>
08-17-2018 <a href="./2018/08-17-18.htm">Oso fine!</a><br>
08-24-2018 <a href="./2018/08-24-18.htm">The old table</a><br>
08-31-2018 <a href="./2018/08-31-18.htm">All grown up</a>
<br>
<br>
September<br>
09-07-2018 <a href="./2018/09-07-18.htm">A magical day</a><br>
09-14-2018 <a href="./2018/09-14-18.htm">Celebrating each and every day</a><br>
09-21-2018 <a href="./2018/09-21-18.htm">Down a rabbit hole</a><br>
09-28-2018 <a href="./2018/09-28-18.htm">Glorious autumn</a>
<br>
<br>
October<br>
10-05-2018 <a href="./2018/10-05-18.htm">"I’ve got my tree, I’m good here"</a><br>
10-12-2018 <a href="./2018/10-12-18.htm">Crush on cranberries</a><br>
10-19-2018 <a href="./2018/10-19-18.htm">Meals in Minutes</a><br>
10-26-2018 <a href="./2018/10-26-18.htm">All things pumpkin</a>
<br>
<br>
November<br>
11-02-2018 <a href="./2018/11-02-18.htm">"Where the Buffalo roam"</a><br>
11-09-2018 <a href="./2018/11-09-18.htm">Bells of Peace</a><br>
11-16-2018 <a href="./2018/11-16-18.htm">The 45 x 90 Club</a><br>
11-23-2018 <a href="./2018/11-23-18.htm">Petroglyphs, Pokémon and painted skies</a><br>
11-30-2018 <a href="./2018/11-30-18.htm">The joke's on me!</a>
<br>
<br>
December<br>
12-07-2018 <a href="./2018/12-07-18.htm">A bit richer</a><br>
12-14-2018 <a href="./2018/12-14-18.htm">It's snow fun!</a><br>
12-21-2018 <a href="./2018/12-21-18.htm">Stuffed with memories</a><br>
12-28-2018 <a href="./2018/12-28-18.htm">Memories of my hometown grocers</a>
</p>

<a name="2017"><h2>Columns for 2017</h2></a>

<p style="text-align:left">
January<br>
01-06-2017 <a href="./2017/01-06-17.htm">Random intersections</a><br>
01-13-2017 <a href="./2017/01-13-17.htm">It speaks to me!</a><br>
01-20-2017 <a href="./2017/01-20-17.htm">From creepy to intriguing</a><br>
01-27-2017 <a href="./2017/01-27-17.htm">Boat, birds, bears and books</a>
<br>
<br>
February<br>
02-03-2017 <a href="./2017/02-03-17.htm">“Gloria’s Great Adventure”</a><br>
02-10-2017 <a href="./2017/02-10-17.htm">Celebrations, comfort, convenience and cookies</a><br>
02-17-2017 <a href="./2017/02-17-17.htm">The right blend</a><br>
02-24-2017 <a href="./2017/02-24-17.htm">Tomatoes, pins and memories</a>
<br>
<br>
March<br>
03-03-2017 <a href="./2017/03-03-17.htm">Standing here amazed</a><br>
03-10-2017 <a href="./2017/03-10-17.htm">I never met a language I didn’t like</a><br>
03-17-2017 <a href="./2017/03-17-17.htm">The truth about Ireland</a><br>
03-24-2017 <a href="./2017/03-24-17.htm">A magical night</a><br>
03-31-2017 <a href="./2017/03-31-17.htm">Strong women</a>
<br>
<br>
April<br>
04-07-2017 <a href="./2017/04-07-17.htm">Learning how to see</a><br>
04-14-2017 <a href="./2017/04-14-17.htm">What a crock!</a><br>
04-21-2017 <a href="./2017/04-21-17.htm">Daffy about daffodils</a><br>
04-28-2017 <a href="./2017/04-28-17.htm">A story 100 years in the making</a>
<br>
<br>
May<br>
05-05-2017 <a href="./2017/05-05-17.htm">Connected by a thread</a><br>
05-12-2017 <a href="./2017/05-12-17.htm">Connected by a thread - Part II</a><br>
05-19-2017 <a href="./2017/05-19-17.htm">“What, me worry?”</a><br>
05-26-2017 <a href="./2017/05-26-17.htm">Words</a>
<br>
<br>
June<br>
06-02-2017 <a href="./2017/06-02-17.htm">A surprising family</a><br>
06-09-2017 <a href="./2017/06-09-17.htm">Washington's wonders</a><br>
06-16-2017 <a href="./2017/06-16-17.htm">Mom’s Chicago cowboy!</a><br>
06-23-2017 <a href="./2017/06-23-17.htm">Lost in translation</a><br>
06-30-2017 <a href="./2017/06-30-17.htm">Wildalpen, Wales, weddings and a waterfall</a>
<br>
<br>
July<br>
07-07-2017 <a href="./2017/07-07-17.htm">Cornish surprise</a><br>
07-14-2017 <a href="./2017/07-14-17.htm">An heirloom shower</a><br>
07-21-2017 <a href="./2017/07-21-17.htm">Balancing the familiar with the unexpected</a><br>
07-28-2017 <a href="./2017/07-28-17.htm">Nerds on vacation</a>
<br>
<br>
August<br>
08-04-2017 <a href="./2017/08-04-17.htm">Moral clarity</a><br>
08-11-2017 <a href="./2017/08-11-17.htm">Doing nothing</a><br>
08-18-2017 <a href="./2017/08-18-17.htm">WWW - Whirlwind Wyoming Wedding!</a><br>
08-25-2017 <a href="./2017/08-25-17.htm">Jack Kirby and Horseshoe Woods</a>
<br>
<br>
September<br>
09-01-2017 <a href="./2017/09-01-17.htm">Vive le francais</a><br>
09-08-2017 <a href="./2017/09-08-17.htm">Totally worth the effort</a></br>
09-15-2017 <a href="./2017/09-15-17.htm">Back then</a><br>
09-22-2017 <a href="./2017/09-22-17.htm">Rocks, registers and ruts</a><br>
09-29-2017 <a href="./2017/09-29-17.htm">It wasn't crazy at all</a>
<br>
<br>
October<br>
10-06-2017 <a href="./2017/10-06-17.htm">Man-made wonders inspire awe - and differing views</a><br>
10-13-2017 <a href="./2017/10-13-17.htm">It takes a team</a><br>
10-20-2017 <a href="./2017/10-20-17.htm">The way it “waus”</a><br>
10-27-2017 <a href="./2017/10-27-17.htm">A great funeral - as in “fun”-eral</a>
<br>
<br>
November<br>
11-03-2017 <a href="./2017/11-03-17.htm">Affecting eternity</a><br>
11-10-2017 <a href="./2017/11-10-17.htm">The lilting language of lullabies</a><br>
11-17-2017 <a href="./2017/11-17-17.htm">“... Smell my feet; give me something good to eat”</a><br>
11-24-2017 <a href="./2017/11-24-17.htm">Our neighbor to the south</a>
<br>
<br>
December<br>
12-01-2017 <a href="./2017/12-01-17.htm">Friends and family</a><br>
12-08-2017 <a href="./2017/12-08-17.htm">Wabi-sabi ... just my style</a><br>
12-15-2017 <a href="./2017/12-15-17.htm">Just big kids</a><br>
12-22-2017 <a href="./2017/12-22-17.htm">Wishing you a not-quite-perfect Christmas</a><br>
12-29-2017 <a href="./2017/12-29-17.htm">One constant in a world of change</a>
</p>

<a name="2016"><h2>Columns for 2016</h2></a>

<p style="text-align:left">
January<br>
01-01-2016 <a href="./2016/01-01-16.htm">Hiraeth - all hearts go home for Christmas</a><br>
01-08-2016 <a href="./2016/01-08-16.htm">Listening to yourself</a><br>
01-15-2016 <a href="./2016/01-15-16.htm">A time for landscapes, portraits and still lifes</a><br>
01-22-2016 <a href="./2016/01-22-16.htm">Devoted to "Downton" and hopping with "Hoppy"</a><br>
01-29-2016 <a href="./2016/01-29-16.htm">"Measure twice, but cut once"</a>
<br>
<br>
February<br>
02-05-2016 <a href="./2016/02-05-16.htm">Lifeline letters from a friend</a><br>
02-12-2016 <a href="./2016/02-12-16.htm">History lost</a><br>
02-19-2016 <a href="./2016/02-19-16.htm">"...That little candle ..."</a><br>
02-26-2016 <a href="./2016/02-26-16.htm">"Don't cry because it's over..."</a>
<br>
<br>
March<br>
03-04-2016 <a href="./2016/03-04-16.htm">Caucusing in Kansas</a><br>
03-11-2016 <a href="./2016/03-11-16.htm">"An especially appropriate setting"</a><br>
03-18-2016 <a href="./2016/03-18-16.htm">For the living</a><br>
03-25-2016 <a href="./2016/03-25-16.htm">10,000 steps, 3,000 miles and 8 glasses of water</a>
<br>
<br>
April<br>
04-01-2016 <a href="./2016/04-01-16.htm">Surprise</a><br>
04-08-2016 <a href="./2016/04-08-16.htm">Another glass of Marsala, please!</a><br>
04-15-2016 <a href="./2016/04-15-16.htm">My Fibonacci flowers</a><br>
04-22-2016 <a href="./2016/04-22-16.htm">The measure of a man - or a woman</a><br>
04-29-2016 <a href="./2016/04-29-16.htm">Getting what we need</a>
<br>
<br>
May<br>
05-06-2016 <a href="./2016/05-06-16.htm">Mom's treasure</a><br>
05-13-2016 <a href="./2016/05-13-16.htm">Trees of my life</a><br>
05-20-2013 <a href="./2016/05-20-16.htm">Promenade</a><br>
05-27-2016 <a href="./2016/05-27-16.htm">Cedar snapshots</a>
<br>
<br>
June<br>
06-03-2016 <a href="./2016/06-03-16.htm">Remodeling "fun"</a><br>
06-10-2016 <a href="./2016/06-10-16.htm">A lively time</a><br>
06-17-2016 <a href="./2016/06-17-16.htm">Hopeful chests</a><br>
06-24-2016 <a href="./2016/06-24-16.htm">Daft over gardens</a>
<br>
<br>
July<br>
07-01-2016 <a href="./2016/07-01-16.htm">Bumps in the road</a><br>
07-08-2016 <a href="./2016/07-08-16.htm">A day Mom would have loved</a><br>
07-15-2016 <a href="./2016/07-15-16.htm">A bend in the Moselle</a><br>
07-22-2016 <a href="./2016/07-22-16.htm">Missing pictures</a><br>
07-29-2016 <a href="./2016/07-29-16.htm">Froggy went a courtin'</a>
<br>
<br>
August<br>
08-05-2016 <a href="./2016/08-05-16.htm">Not in the guide books</a><br>
08-12-2016 <a href="./2016/08-12-16.htm">Clay Center on my mind</a><br>
08-19-2016 <a href="./2016/08-19-16.htm">Pizza and pétanque</a><br>
08-26-2016 <a href="./2016/08-26-16.htm">Highway 77 adventure</a>
<br>
<br>
September<br>
09-02-2016 <a href="./2016/09-02-16.htm">Pen-pal diplomacy</a><br>
09-09-2016 <a href="./2016/09-09-16.htm">A roadbed less traveled</a><br>
09-16-2016 <a href="./2016/09-16-16.htm">From problem to child's play</a><br>
09-23-2016 <a href="./2016/09-23-16.htm">A birthday gift to myself</a><br>
09-30-2016 <a href="./2016/09-30-16.htm">Merci, danke, gracias, and tack så mycket</a>
<br>
<br>
October<br>
10-07-2016 <a href="./2016/10-07-16.htm">Friends who can't say "au revoir"</a><br>
10-14-2016 <a href="./2016/10-14-16.htm">Through new eyes</a><br>
10-21-2016 <a href="./2016/10-21-16.htm">Our “Blue Highways”</a><br>
10-28-2016 <a href="./2016/10-28-16.htm">Rømmegrøt and figgyhobbin</a>
<br>
<br>
November<br>
11-04-2016 <a href="./2016/11-04-16.htm">Ten pounds in 10 days</a><br>
11-11-2016 <a href="./2016/11-11-16.htm">The French remember</a><br>
11-18-2016 <a href="./2016/11-18-16.htm">A different autumn</a><br>
11-25-2016 <a href="./2016/11-25-16.htm">Thankful for the four Es</a>
<br>
<br>
December<br>
12-02-2016 <a href="./2016/12-02-16.htm">An important date</a><br>
12-09-2016 <a href="./2016/12-09-16.htm">Going down in history</a><br>
12-16-2016 <a href="./2016/12-16-16.htm">Special Christmas images</a><br>
12-23-2016 <a href="./2016/12-23-16.htm">Christmas and the poinsettia</a><br>
12-30-2016 <a href="./2016/12-30-16.htm">Through the years</a>
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<a name="2015"><h2>Columns for 2015</h2></a>

<p style="text-align:left">
January<br>
01-02-2015 <a href="./2015/01-02-15.htm">Sunday meandering</a><br>
01-09-2015 <a href="./2015/01-09-15.htm">Happy 60, sis!</a><br>
01-16-2015 <a href="./2015/01-16-15.htm">A round "tuit"</a><br>
01-23-2015 <a href="./2015/01-23-15.htm">"Rosebud"</a><br>
01-30-2015 <a href="./2015/01-30-15.htm">Forever 31</a>
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<br>
February<br>
02-06-2015 <a href="./2015/02-06-15.htm">Road maps</a><br>
02-13-2015 <a href="./2015/02-13-15.htm">Time travel</a><br>
02-20-2015 <a href="./2015/02-20-15.htm">What's old is new again</a><br>
02-27-2015 <a href="./2015/02-27-15.htm">Art's artistry</a>
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<br>
March<br>
03-06-2015 <a href="./2015/03-06-15.htm">"Leg godt" with LEGOs!</a><br>
03-13-2015 <a href="./2015/03-13-15.htm">Hell raisers helped pave the way</a><br>
03-20-2015 <a href="./2015/03-20-15.htm">Just out of reach</a><br>
03-27-2015 <a href="./2015/03-27-15.htm">"I wish it was real!"</a>
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<br>
April<br>
04-03-2015 <a href="./2015/04-03-15.htm">Letting go</a><br>
04-10-2015 <a href="./2015/04-10-15.htm">Happy Sibs Day!</a><br>
04-17-2015 <a href="./2015/04-17-15.htm">For whom the bells tolled</a><br>
04-24-2015 <a href="./2015/04-24-15.htm">"I wonder how the folks kept going"</a>
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<br>
May<br>
05-01-2015 <a href="./2015/05-01-15.htm">"The hills are alive"</a><br>
05-08-2015 <a href="./2015/05-08-15.htm">Opening and closing doors</a><br>
05-15-2015 <a href="./2015/05-15-15.htm">Remember "The 101"</a><br>
05-22-2015 <a href="./2015/05-22-15.htm">A relaxing day with family and friends</a><br>
05-29-2015 <a href="./2015/05-29-15.htm">"I don't even know these people!"</a>
<br>
<br>
June<br>
06-05-2015 <a href="./2015/06-05-15.htm">Notes to myself</a><br>
06-12-2015 <a href="./2015/06-12-15.htm">Just a Sunday evening in September</a><br>
06-19-2015 <a href="./2015/06-19-15.htm">Whirlwind weekend</a><br>
06-26-2015 <a href="./2015/06-26-15.htm">Luxembourg to London to Llangollen</a>
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<br>
July<br>
07-03-2015 <a href="./2015/07-03-15.htm">The delights of Alsace</a><br>
07-10-2015 <a href="./2015/07-10-15.htm">Animal tales</a><br>
07-17-2015 <a href="./2015/07-17-15.htm">Letting go feels good!</a><br>
07-24-2015 <a href="./2015/07-24-15.htm">Little things</a><br>
07-31-2015 <a href="./2015/07-31-15.htm">Taking precedence over presidents</a>
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<br>
August<br>
08-07-2015 <a href="./2015/08-07-15.htm">Shooting the family</a><br>
08-14-2015 <a href="./2015/08-14-15.htm">Finding Floyd</a><br>
08-21-2015 <a href="./2015/08-21-15.htm">Vacation within a vacation</a><br>
08-28-2015 <a href="./2015/08-28-15.htm">Losing an old friend</a>
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<br>
September<br>
09-04-2015 <a href="./2015/09-04-15.htm">Pantyhose, papers and more</a><br>
09-11-2015 <a href="./2015/09-11-15.htm">Awesomesauce</a><br>
09-18-2015 <a href="./2015/09-18-15.htm">Oh là là - une aventure!</a><br>
09-25-2015 <a href="./2015/09-25-15.htm">"If I don't tell it, who will?"</a>
<br>
<br>
October<br>
10-02-2015 <a href="./2015/10-02-15.htm">Supermoon Sunday</a><br>
10-09-2015 <a href="./2015/10-09-15.htm">What Brown did for Art</a><br>
10-16-2015 <a href="./2015/10-16-15.htm">Patriotism, pep rally and prayer</a><br>
10-23-2015 <a href="./2015/10-23-15.htm">"Rich in new experiences"</a><br>
10-30-2015 <a href="./2015/10-30-15.htm">Smile!</a>
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<br>
November<br>
11-06-2015 <a href="./2015/11-06-15.htm">Merci for the "Friendship"</a><br>
11-13-2015 <a href="./2015/11-13-15.htm">A "lovey" to love</a><br>
11-20-2015 <a href="./2015/11-20-15.htm">A little bit of Potter's world</a><br>
11-27-2015 <a href="./2015/11-27-15.htm">It's their time now</a>
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<br>
December<br>
12-04-2015 <a href="./2015/12-04-15.htm">No turbaconducken, piecaken or cherpumple for us!</a><br>
12-11-2015 <a href="./2015/12-11-15.htm">The humble, the simple, the understated, and the imperfect</a><br>
12-18-2015 <a href="./2015/12-18-15.htm">"The days are long, but the years are short"</a><br>
12-25-2015 <a href="./2015/12-25-15.htm">"Not to get it done, but to have fun!"</a>
</p>

<a name="2014"><h2>Columns for 2014</h2></a>

<p style="text-align:left">
January<br>
01-03-2014 <a href="./2014/01-03-14.htm">Sledding, shoveling and snowman-making</a><br>
01-10-2014 <a href="./2014/01-10-14.htm">"What hath Todd wrought?"</a><br>
01-17-2014 <a href="./2014/01-17-14.htm">A different kind of New Year"</a><br>
01-24-2014 <a href="./2014/01-24-14.htm">Frozen Charlotte</a><br>
01-31-2014 <a href="./2014/01-31-14.htm">Grading the grader</a>
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<br>
February<br>
02-07-2014 <a href="./2014/02-07-14.htm">My "beautifully irrational love"</a><br>
02-14-2014 <a href="./2014/02-14-14.htm">Good from bad</a><br>
02-21-2014 <a href="./2014/02-21-14.htm">Movie magic</a><br>
02-28-2014 <a href="./2014/02-28-14.htm">"Graupeling" with the weather</a>
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March<br>
03-07-2014 <a href="./2014/03-07-14.htm">Howard</a><br>
03-14-2014 <a href="./2014/03-14-14.htm">Talk to me</a><br>
03-21-2014 <a href="./2014/03-21-14.htm">"It's good to be 90!"</a><br>
03-28-2014 <a href="./2014/03-28-14.htm">Treasure hunt</a>
<br>
<br>
April<br>
04-04-2014 <a href="./2014/04-04-14.htm">Cuckoos aren't so crazy</a><br>
04-11-2014 <a href="./2014/04-11-14.htm">Library music</a><br>
04-18-2014 <a href="./2014/04-18-14.htm">Playing hooky</a><br>
04-25-2014 <a href="./2014/04-25-14.htm">A bite of the Big Apple</a>
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<br>
May<br>
05-02-2014 <a href="./2014/05-02-14.htm">Egg-straordinary exhibit</a><br>
05-09-2014 <a href="./2014/05-09-14.htm">Sweet compensation</a><br>
05-16-2014 <a href="./2014/05-16-14.htm">Cognitive biases</a><br>
05-23-2014 <a href="./2014/05-23-14.htm">A perfect day - well, not quite</a><br>
05-30-2014 <a href="./2014/05-30-14.htm">From Normandy to Notre Dame</a>
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<br>
June<br>
06-06-2014 <a href="./2014/06-06-14.htm">Stories of sacrifice</a><br>
06-13-2014 <a href="./2014/06-13-14.htm">French connection</a><br>
06-20-2014 <a href="./2014/06-20-14.htm">A quiet beach</a><br>
06-27-2014 <a href="./2014/06-27-14.htm">Special among the 28,000</a>
<br>
<br>
July<br>
07-04-2014 <a href="./2014/07-04-14.htm">Pardon my French</a><br>
07-11-2014 <a href="./2014/07-11-14.htm">Travel technology</a></br>
07-18-2014 <a href="./2014/07-18-14.htm">Our German kids</a><br>
07-25-2014 <a href="./2014/07-25-14.htm">Ghosts of "The Great War"</a>
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<br>
August<br>
08-01-2014 <a href="./2014/08-01-14.htm">A capital affair!</a><br>
08-08-2014 <a href="./2014/08-08-14.htm">Road to liberty</a><br>
08-15-2014 <a href="./2014/08-15-14.htm">"Fill 'er up?"</a><br>
08-22-2014 <a href="./2014/08-22-14.htm">Urban design meets cottage chic</a><br>
08-29-2014 <a href="./2014/08-29-14.htm">My trip to Paradise</a>
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<br>
September<br>
09-05-2014 <a href="./2014/09-05-14.htm">Skyping, swimming and 7-UP salad</a><br>
09-12-2014 <a href="./2014/09-12-14.htm">To shred or not to shred</a><br>
09-19-2014 <a href="./2014/09-19-14.htm">Next stop - the nearest Culver's!</a><br>
09-26-2014 <a href="./2014/09-26-14.htm">Surprises</a>
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<br>
October<br>
10-03-2014 <a href="./2014/10-03-14.htm">May cause brain over-load</a><br>
10-10-2014 <a href="./2014/10-10-14.htm">Lemons to lemonade</a><br>
10-17-2014 <a href="./2014/10-17-14.htm">Different, yet alike</a><br>
10-24-2014 <a href="./2014/10-24-14.htm">An important anniversary</a><br>
10-31-2014 <a href="./2014/10-31-14.htm">Eusebia would be proud!</a>
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<br>
November<br>
11-07-2014 <a href="./2014/11-07-14.htm">Magnum, monkey, Maleficent, M&M's and more</a><br>
11-14-2014 <a href="./2014/11-14-14.htm">And then there was Three</a><br>
11-21-2014 <a href="./2014/11-21-14.htm">I can see (almost) clearly now</a><br>
11-28-2014 <a href="./2014/11-28-14.htm">"Wir sind ein Volk"</a>
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<br>
December<br>
12-05-2014 <a href="./2014/12-05-14.htm">The show must go on</a><br>
12-12-2014 <a href="./2014/12-12-14.htm">Swedish food and Swedish memories</a><br>
12-19-2014 <a href="./2014/12-19-14.htm">A bit of holiday serendipity</a><br>
12-26-2014 <a href="./2014/12-26-14.htm">From beast to beauty</a>
</p>

<a name="2013"><h2>Columns for 2013</h2></a>

<p style="text-align:left">
January<br>
01-04-2013 <A HREF="./2013/01-04-13.htm">Family pfeffernuts - take two!</A><BR>
01-11-2013 <a href="./2013/01-11-13.htm">Christmas lite</a><br>
01-18-2013 <a href="./2013/01-18-13.htm">Ash to ashes</a><br>
01-25-2013 <a href="./2013/01-25-13.htm">Close encounters of the bird kind</a>
<br>
<br>
February<br>
02-01-2013 <a href="./2013/02-01-13.htm">O, Christmas tree</a><br>
02-08-2013 <a href="./2013/02-08-13.htm">140 pounds of words</a><br>
02-15-2013 <a href="./2013/02-15-13.htm">"Now I'm glad I came!"</a><br>
02-22-2013 <a href="./2013/02-22-13.htm">A Wildcat 150!</a>
<br>
<br>
March<br>
03-01-2013 <a href="./2013/03-01-13.htm">"Snowpocalypse"</a><br>
03-08-2013 <a href="./2013/03-08-13.htm">Sidetracked in Industry</a><br>
03-15-2013 <a href="./2013/03-15-13.htm">"Outside the box"</a><br>
03-22-2013 <a href="./2013/03-22-13.htm">This Boulevard’s for you</a><br>
03-29-2013 <a href="./2013/03-29-13.htm">My brain on music</a>
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<br>
April<br>
04-05-2013 <a href="./2013/04-05-13.htm">"Peeps" for the "Peep"le</a><br>
04-12-2013 <a href="./2013/04-12-13.htm">First spring</a><br>
04-19-2013 <a href="./2013/04-19-13.htm">Smoot sailing</a><br>
04-26-2013 <a href="./2013/04-26-13.htm">A noteworthy day</a>
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<br>
May<br>
05-03-2013 <a href="./2013/05-03-13.htm">Kooks to cookies</a><br>
05-10-2013 <a href="./2013/05-10-13.htm">The rubber-chicken circuit</a><br>
05-17-2013 <a href="./2013/05-17-13.htm">Reports of my retirement have been greatly exaggerated</a><br>
05-24-2013 <a href="./2013/05-24-13.htm">Whatever happened to aprons?</a><br>
05-31-2013 <a href="./2013/05-31-13.htm">Yikes! So many bikes!</a>
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<br>
June<br>
06-07-2013 <a href="./2013/06-07-13.htm">"To travel is to live!"</a><br>
06-14-2013 <a href="./2013/06-14-13.htm">Gensler Strasse 66</a><br>
06-21-2013 <a href="./2013/06-21-13.htm">A quiet hillside</a><br>
06-28-2013 <a href="./2013/06-28-13.htm">Family reunions - the same everywhere</a>
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<br>
July<br>
07-05-2013 <a href="./2013/07-05-13.htm">Dad and the aliens</a><br>
07-12-2013 <a href="./2013/07-12-13.htm">July surprise</a><br>
07-19-2013 <a href="./2013/07-19-13.htm">Quarter of a century</a><br>
07-26-2013 <a href="./2013/07-26-13.htm">It's Miller time!</a>
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<br>
August<br>
08-02-2013 <a href="./2013/08-02-13.htm">A sense of wonder</a><br>
08-09-2013 <a href="./2013/08-09-13.htm">Gymanfa Ganu</a><br>
08-16-2013 <a href="./2013/08-16-13.htm">"I want to take the scenic road"</a><br>
08-23-2013 <a href="./2013/08-23-13.htm">Tees!</a><br>
08-30-2013 <a href="./2013/08-30-13.htm">Cabbage with a connection</a>
<br>
<br>
September<br>
09-06-2013 <a href="./2013/09-06-13.htm">Weekend in Shangri-La</a><br>
09-13-2013 <a href="./2013/09-13-13.htm">Qualifying for a cheaper meal!</a><br>
09-20-2013 <a href="./2013/09-20-13.htm">Treat to trauma</a><br>
09-27-2013 <a href="./2013/09-27-13.htm">Routine or rut?</a>
<br>
<br>
October<br>
10-04-2013 <a href="./2013/10-04-13.htm">Blue dudes and more!</a><br>
10-11-2013 <a href="./2013/10-11-13.htm">Sleep tight!</a><br>
10-18-2013 <a href="./2013/10-18-13.htm">No Clue</a><br>
10-25-2013 <a href="./2013/10-25-13.htm">"All she wrote" for cursive?</a>
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<br>
November<br>
11-01-2013 <a href="./2013/11-01-13.htm">"Misty, water-colored memories"</a><br>
11-08-2013 <a href="./2013/11-08-13.htm">A small town; a big story</a><br>
11-15-2013 <a href="./2013/11-15-13.htm">William and his oak tree</a><br>
11-22-2013 <a href="./2013/11-22-13.htm">Misty water-colored memories - take two</a><br>
11-29-2013 <a href="./2013/11-29-13.htm">Cookie!</a>
<br>
<br>
December<br>
12-06-2013 <a href="./2013/12-06-13.htm">Moving on</a><br>
12-13-2013 <a href="./2013/12-13-13.htm">Behind the scenes at Dealey Plaza</a><br>
12-20-2013 <a href="./2013/12-20-13.htm">"A Christmas Story" stories</a><br>
12-27-2013 <a href="./2013/12-27-13.htm">"All I want for Christmas ..."</a><br>
</p>

<a name="2012"><h2>Columns for 2012</h2></a>

<p style="text-align:left">
January<br>
01-06-2012 <A HREF="./2012/01-06-12.htm">New Year's Eve - Little Apple style</A><BR>
01-13-2012 <a href="./2012/01-13-12.htm">Eight and a half times around the world</a><br>
01-20-2012 <a href="./2012/01-20-12.htm">From chilled to toasty</a><br>
01-27-2012 <a href="./2012/01-27-12.htm">Enchanted once again</a>
<br>
<br>
February<br>
02-03-2012 <a href="./2012/02-03-12.htm">Soup's on!</a><br>
02-10-2012 <a href="./2012/02-10-12.htm">Sousa's music again marches into Manhattan</a><br>
02-17-2012 <a href="./2012/02-17-12.htm">50 years of pancakes</a><br>
02-24-2012 <a href="./2012/02-24-12.htm">A snapshot look at life</a>
<br>
<br>
March<br>
03-02-2012 <a href="./2012/03-02-12.htm">Thanks, boss!</a><br>
03-09-2012 <a href="./2012/03-09-12.htm">"No way!"</a><br>
03-16-2012 <a href="./2012/03-16-12.htm">Here's looking at you, Todd!</a><br>
03-23-2012 <a href="./2012/03-23-12.htm">From Salzburg to Stowe!</a><br>
03-30-2012 <a href="./2012/03-30-12.htm">"You have arrived"</a>
<br>
<br>
April<br>
04-06-2012 <a href="./2012/04-06-12.htm">Average is the enemy</a><br>
04-13-2012 <a href="./2012/04-13-12.htm">Shalom, Salaam</a><br>
04-20-2013 <a href="./2012/04-20-12.htm">Fishing for the past</a><br>
04-27-2013 <a href="./2012/04-27-12.htm">Storm watchers</a>
<br>
<br>
May<br>
05-04-2012 <a href="./2012/05-04-12.htm">Leading by example</a><br>
05-11-2012 <a href="./2012/05-11-12.htm">"I wonder if I can ..."</a><br>
05-18-2012 <a href="./2012/05-18-12.htm">"Bring it forward"</a><br>
05-25-2012 <a href="./2012/05-25-12.htm">90 years young</a>
<br>
<br>
June<br>
06-01-2012 <a href="./2012/06-01-12.htm">It's up to us</a><br>
06-08-2012 <a href="./2012/06-08-12.htm">Memorial Day</a><br>
06-15-2012 <a href="./2012/06-15-12.htm">Sharing in the jubilee</a><br>
06-22-2012 <a href="./2012/06-22-12.htm">Sometimes magic happens</a><br>
06-29-2012 <a href="./2012/06-29-12.htm">"... 82 in position. Only 918 left to go!”</a>
<br>
<br>
July<br>
07-06-2012 <a href="./2012/07-06-12.htm">"A nice little distraction from life"</a><br>
07-13-2012 <a href="./2012/07-13-12.htm">"Finally got so I could get it off my mind ..."</a><br>
07-20-2012 <a href="./2012/07-20-12.htm">"Pass the butter, please"</a><br>
07-27-2012 <a href="./2012/07-27-12.htm">Sister Gaila receives the purple</a>
<br>
<br>
August<br>
08-03-2012 <a href="./2012/08-03-12.htm">Work that makes us happy</a><br>
08-10-2012 <a href="./2012/08-10-12.htm">The Morrill of the story</a><br>
08-17-2012 <a href="./2012/08-17-12.htm">"It's just sad"</a><br>
08-24-2012 <a href="./2012/08-24-12.htm">Lost in the past</a><br>
08-31-2012 <a href="./2012/08-31-12.htm">"A sound of the distant past"</a>
<br>
<br>
September<br>
09-07-2012 <a href="./2012/09-07-12.htm">"Kids" in the house</a><br>
09-14-2012 <a href="./2012/09-14-12.htm">Forces shape a town, a fort, a university - and an exhibit!</a><br>
09-21-2012 <a href="./2012/09-21-12.htm">"Voices" pageant brings history to life</a><br>
09-28-2012 <a href="./2012/09-28-12.htm">Business to babies</a>
<br>
<br>
October<br>
10-05-2012 <a href="./2012/10-05-12.htm">A story is where you find it</a><br>
10-12-2012 <a href="./2012/10-12-12.htm">Kids once again</a><br>
10-19-2012 <a href="./2012/10-19-12.htm">"The show of a hundred tricks"</a><br>
10-26-2012 <a href="./2012/10-26-12.htm">A "Soap" as a sleep aid</a>
<br>
<br>
November<br>
11-02-2012 <a href="./2012/11-02-12.htm">Touching base</a><br>
11-09-2012 <a href="./2012/11-09-12.htm">Do I know the way in San Jose?</a><br>
11-16-2012 <a href="./2012/11-16-12.htm">The tale of the spotted rooster</a><br>
11-23-2012 <a href="./2012/11-23-12.htm">A blanket statement</a><br>
11-30-2012 <a href="./2012/11-30-12.htm">Cranberries and chaos – just a typical Thanksgiving Day</a>
<br>
<br>
December<br>
12-07-2012 <a href="./2012/12-07-12.htm">"Procrasti-planning" - and other ways to serenity</a><br>
12-14-2012 <a href="./2012/12-14-12.htm">Neatniks vs. the clutter-bugs</a><br>
12-21-2012 <a href="./2012/12-21-12.htm">Nutcracker "sweet"</a><br>
12-28-2012 <a href="./2012/12-28-12.htm">Natalie's gift</a>
</p>
<a name="2011"><h2>Columns for 2011</h2></a>

<p style="text-align:left">
January<br>
01-07-2011 <a href="./2011/01-07-11.htm">Travelin' van</a><br>
01-14-2011 <a href="./2011/01-14-11.htm">The stockings were all sewn for Christmas with care</a><br>
01-21-2011 <a href="./2011/01-21-11.htm">The Goodnow House</a><br>
01-28-2011 <a href="./2011/01-28-11.htm">Wheat, wind and a little dust!</a>
<br>
<br>
February<br>
02-04-2011 <a href="./2011/02-04-11.htm">"The Dreamer Speaks Again"</a><br>
02-11-2011 <a href="./2011/02-11-11.htm">"Lift the notes off the page!"</a><br>
02-18-2011 <a href="./2011/02-18-11.htm">Edith Ann and Ernestine stop to visit</a><br>
02-25-2011 <a href="./2011/02-25-11.htm">Footnote to history</a>
<br>
<br>
March<br>
03-04-2011 <a href="./2011/03-04-11.htm">Loud and strong</a><br>
03-11-2011 <a href="./2011/03-11-11.htm">Just do something - even if it's wrong</a><br>
03-18-2011 <a href="./2011/03-18-11.htm">"Thank you, Watson"</a><br>
03-25-2011 <a href="./2011/03-25-11.htm">I feel your pain!</a>
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<br>
April<br>
04-01-2011 <a href="./2011/04-01-11.htm">Good people, good ice cream</a><br>
04-08-2011 <a href="./2011/04-08-11.htm">Happy-sad-happy</a><br>
04-15-2011 <a href="./2011/04-15-11.htm">Signs of the times</a><br>
04-22-2011 <a href="./2011/04-22-11.htm">"As seen on TV"</a><br>
04-29-2011 <a href="./2011/04-29-11.htm">The quiet student in the back row</a>
<br>
<br>
May<br>
05-06-2011 <a href="./2011/05-06-11.htm">Our baby bird is ready to fly</a><br>
05-13-2011 <a href="./2011/05-13-11.htm">2 + 2 = fun</a><br>
05-20-2011 <a href="./2011/05-20-11.htm">Airplanes, Amsterdam, Alps - Ahh!</a><br>
05-27-2011 <a href="./2011/05-27-11.htm">From our house to their haus</a>
<br>
<br>
June<br>
06-03-2011 <a href="./2011/06-03-11.htm">Easier than one might think</a><br>
06-10-2011 <a href="./2011/06-10-11.htm">One small sign</a><br>
06-17-2011 <a href="./2011/06-17-11.htm">Little things</a><br>
06-24-2011 <a href="./2011/06-24-11.htm">Forty years of catching up</a>
<br>
<br>
July<br>
07-01-2011 <a href="./2011/07-01-11.htm">Pruning</a><br>
07-08-2011 <a href="./2011/07-08-11.htm">Post P.O.</a><br>
07-15-2011 <a href="./2011/07-15-11.htm">"Christmas every day"</a><br>
07-22-2011 <a href="./2011/07-22-11.htm">All I really needed to know</a><br>
07-29-2011 <a href="./2011/07-29-11.htm">A whirlwind tour</a>
<br>
<br>
August<br>
08-05-2011 <a href="./2011/08-05-11.htm">The dust hasn't settled yet</a><br>
08-12-2011 <a href="./2011/08-12-11.htm">"I'm going to town. Where are my teeth?"</a><br>
08-19-2011 <a href="./2011/08-19-11.htm">"Wouldn't be the worst way to go"</a><br>
08-26-2011 <a href="./2011/08-26-11.htm">A chain of lakes; a chain of events</a>
<br>
<br>
September<br>
09-02-2011 <a href="./2011/09-02-11.htm">Timber!</a><br>
09-09-2011 <a href="./2011/09-09-11.htm">Perspective</a><br>
09-16-2011 <a href="./2011/09-16-11.htm">Bye, bye, old me ... hello, new me</a><br>
09-23-2011 <a href="./2011/09-23-11.htm">To do, or not to do? THAT is the question!</a>
<br>
<br>
October<br>
10-07-2011 <a href="./2011/10-07-11.htm">The Land of Enchantment</a><br>
10-14-2011 <a href="./2011/10-14-11.htm">Smiley - and the world smiles with you</a><br>
10-21-2011 <a href="./2011/10-21-11.htm">Happy birthday, Grandpa!</a><br>
10-28-2011 <a href="./2011/10-28-11.htm">The Lady turns 125</a>
<br>
<br>
November<br>
11-04-2011 <a href="./2011/11-04-11.htm">A penny's worth of history</a><br>
11-11-2011 <a href="./2011/11-11-11.htm">The sun, the moon and half of creation</a><br>
11-18-2011 <a href="./2011/11-18-11.htm">Make the person come alive!</a><br>
11-25-2011 <a href="./2011/11-25-11.htm">More about Les</a>
<br>
<br>
December<br>
12-02-2011 <a href="./2011/12-02-11.htm">Turkey with a 'tude!'</a><br>
12-09-2011 <a href="./2011/12-09-11.htm">Senior moments, Swedish meatballs and seasonal songs</a><br>
12-16-2011 <a href="./2011/12-16-11.htm">A Celtic Christmas present</a><br>
12-23-2011 <a href="./2011/12-23-11.htm">"I woke up alive"</a><br>
12-30-2011 <a href="./2011/12-30-11.htm">25 years of Christmas memories</a>
</p>

<a name="2010"><h2>Columns for 2010</h2></a>

<p style="text-align:left">
January<br>
01-01-2010 <a href="./2010/01-01-10.htm">I'll be home for Christmas</a><br>
01-08-2010 <a href="./2010/01-08-10.htm">Handprints on our hearts</a><br>
01-15-2010 <a href="./2010/01-15-10.htm">The making of a holiday tradition</a><br>
01-22-2010 <a href="./2010/01-22-10.htm">Stories bring battle closer to home</a><br>
01-29-2010 <a href="./2010/01-29-10.htm">Send me to texting sch</a>
<br>
<br>
February<br>
02-05-2010 <a href="./2010/02-05-10.htm">Long ago and far away</a><br>
02-12-2010 <a href="./2010/02-12-10.htm">Bumps in the road</a><br>
02-19-2010 <a href="./2010/02-19-10.htm">Memories still vivid after 65 years</a><br>
02-26-2010 <a href="./2010/02-26-10.htm">To talk to a human, please press 5</a>
<br>
<br>
March<br>
03-05-2010 <a href="./2010/03-05-10.htm">Landmark connects lives</a><br>
03-12-2010 <a href="./2010/03-12-10.htm">We've thanked you less than you deserve</a><br>
03-19-2010 <a href="./2010/03-19-10.htm">A season of reflection</a><br>
03-26-2010 <a href="./2010/03-26-10.htm">We still have a way to go</a>
<br>
<br>
April<br>
04-02-2010 <a href="./2010/04-02-10.htm">Dry history?</a><br>
04-09-2010 <a href="./2010/04-09-10.htm">Fidgeting for fitness</a><br>
04-16-2010 <a href="./2010/04-16-10.htm">That one was for you!</a><br>
04-23-2010 <a href="./2010/04-23-10.htm">It's about the place</a><br>
04-30-2010 <a href="./2010/04-30-10.htm">How it should be</a>
<br>
<br>
May<br>
05-07-2010 <a href="./2010/05-07-10.htm">Energized and enchanted</a><br>
05-14-2010 <a href="./2010/05-14-10.htm">Lili Marlene was waiting</a><br>
05-21-2010 <a href="./2010/05-21-10.htm">Not milestones, but moments</a><br>
05-28-2010 <a href="./2010/05-28-10.htm">Bittersweet time</a>
<br>
<br>
June<br>
06-04-2010 <a href="./2010/06-04-10.htm">"Common" words</a><br>
06-11-2010 <a href="./2010/06-11-10.htm">A pack of pachyderms</a><br>
06-18-2010 <a href="./2010/06-18-10.htm">Course changes</a><br>
06-25-2010 <a href="./2010/06-25-10.htm">Wow!</a>
<br>
<br>
July<br>
07-02-2010 <a href="./2010/07-02-10.htm">Sliding into the past</a><br>
07-09-2010 <a href="./2010/07-09-10.htm">Under the spreading ginkgo tree</a><br>
07-16-2010 <a href="./2010/07-16-10.htm">From famous to forgotten and back again</a><br>
07-23-2010 <a href="./2010/07-23-10.htm">History on the wrist</a><br>
07-30-2010 <a href="./2010/07-30-10.htm">Katie knows</a>
<br>
<br>
August<br>
08-06-2010 <a href="./2010/08-06-10.htm">Food, falling chairs and family</a><br>
08-13-2010 <a href="./2010/08-13-10.htm">Not Aztecs or Anasazi, but ancestral Puebloans</a><br>
08-20-2010 <a href="./2010/08-20-10.htm">Viva Veva!</a><br>
08-27-2010 <a href="./2010/08-27-10.htm">The "correct" place</a>
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<br>
September<br>
09-03-2010 <a href="./2010/09-03-10.htm">The last "first day"</a><br>
09-10-2010 <a href="./2010/09-10-10.htm">May I have my attention, please?</a><br>
09-17-2010 <a href="./2010/09-17-10.htm">Not a fan</a><br>
09-24-2010 <a href="./2010/09-24-10.htm">Mission accomplished ... and more?</a>
<br>
<br>
October<br>
10-01-2010 <a href="./2010/10-01-10.htm">Nature's dream solutions</a><br>
10-08-2010 <a href="./2010/10-08-10.htm">Ballerinas and buckyballs</a><br>
10-15-2010 <a href="./2010/10-15-10.htm">Hodag!</a><br>
10-22-2010 <a href="./2010/10-22-10.htm">Serendip to Sleepy Hollow</a><br>
10-29-2010 <a href="./2010/10-29-10.htm">Tractors, turkey, tea towels and time</a>
<br>
<br>
November<br>
11-05-2010 <a href="./2010/11-05-10.htm">Crane berries!</a><br>
11-12-2010 <a href="./2010/11-12-10.htm">Our polluted soundscape</a><br>
11-19-2010 <a href="./2010/11-19-10.htm">"Tags of Honor"</a><br>
11-26-2010 <a href="./2010/11-26-10.htm">Muggles in a magical world</a>
<br>
<br>
December<br>
12-03-2010 <a href="./2010/12-03-10.htm">Tradition, turkey day, and texting</a><br>
12-10-2010 <a href="./2010/12-10-10.htm">Once upon a magical musical week</a><br>
12-17-2010 <a href="./2010/12-17-10.htm">Sharing Christmas stories</a><br>
12-24-2010 <a href="./2010/12-24-10.htm">Surprise!</a><br>
12-31-2010 <a href="./2010/12-31-10.htm">Unexpected holiday gifts</a>
</p>

<a name="2009"><h2>Kansas Snapshots Columns for 2009</h2></a>

<p style="text-align:left">
January<br>
01-02-2009 <a href="./2009/01-02-09.htm">Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think</a><br>
01-09-2009 <a href="./2009/01-09-09.htm">Manners of speaking</a><br>
01-16-2009 <a href="./2009/01-16-09.htm">A shower head and shoe polish</a><br>
01-23-2009 <a href="./2009/01-23-09.htm">The good, the bad and the boring</a><br>
01-30-2009 <a href="./2009/01-30-09.htm">Is it spring yet?</a>
<br>
<br>
February<br>
02-06-2009 <a href="./2009/02-06-09.htm">One day at a time</a><br>
02-13-2009 <a href="./2009/02-13-09.htm">It takes a village - at any age</a><br>
02-20-2009 <a href="./2009/02-20-09.htm">Dale the Male</a><br>
02-27-2009 <a href="./2009/02-27-09.htm">A memory of Ireland</a>
<br>
<br>
March<br>
03-06-2009 <a href="./2009/03-06-09.htm">"I sing, therefore I am"</a><br>
03-13-2009 <a href="./2009/nocolumn.htm">No column</a><br>
03-20-2009 <a href="./2009/03-20-09.htm">Something gained, something lost</a><br>
03-27-2009 <a href="./2009/03-27-09.htm">50 years of Barbies</a>
<br>
<br>
April<br>
04-03-2009 <a href="./2009/04-03-09.htm">Red rubber ball</a><br>
04-10-2009 <a href="./2009/04-10-09.htm">Memory joggers</a><br>
04-17-2009 <a href="./2009/04-17-09.htm">Surprise!</a><br>
04-24-2009 <a href="./2009/04-24-09.htm">In the Mood</a>
<br>
<br>
May<br>
05-01-2009 <a href="./2009/05-01-09.htm">Christmas in April</a><br>
05-08-2009 <a href="./2009/05-08-09.htm">At the Heart of Purple</a><br>
05-15-2009 <a href="./2009/05-15-09.htm">Stop and smell the lilacs</a><br>
05-22-2009 <a href="./2009/05-22-09.htm">Over there</a><br>
05-29-2009 <a href="./2009/05-29-09.htm">No room for angels - but the music was heavenly</a>
<br>
<br>
June<br>
06-05-2009 <a href="./2009/06-05-09.htm">99 and counting</a><br>
06-12-2009 <a href="./2009/06-12-09.htm">Just the facts</a><br>
06-19-2009 <a href="./2009/06-19-09.htm">All aboard to Miniatur Wunderland</a><br>
06-26-2009 <a href="./2009/06-26-09.htm">"Well, that's it!"</a>
<br>
<br>
July<br>
07-03-2009 <a href="./2009/07-03-09.htm">Good western fellowship</a><br>
07-10-2009 <a href="./2009/07-10-09.htm">Get used to it</a><br>
07-17-2009 <a href="./2009/07-17-09.htm">The red plaid diary</a><br>
07-24-2009 <a href="./2009/07-24-09.htm">A sad chapter to remember</a><br>
07-31-2009 <a href="./2009/07-31-09.htm">A treasure trove of memories</a>
<br>
<br>
August<br>
08-07-2009 <a href="./2009/08-07-09.htm">A working vacation</a><br>
08-14-2009 <a href="./2009/08-14-09.htm">Chance leads to romance</a><br>
08-21-2009 <a href="./2009/08-21-09.htm">A gift from Saturn</a><br>
08-28-2009 <a href="./2009/08-28-09.htm">The third Saturday in August</a>
<br>
<br>
September<br>
09-04-2009 <a href="./2009/09-04-09.htm">A year in the life of a 14-year-old</a><br>
09-11-2009 <a href="./2009/09-11-09.htm">Tough being green</a><br>
09-18-2009 <a href="./2009/09-18-09.htm">On the road to Paradise</a><br>
09-25-2009 <a href="./2009/09-25-09.htm">Love, loss and longing</a>
<br>
<br>
October<br>
10-02-2009 <a href="./2009/10-02-09.htm">Berries, bears and bombs</a><br>
10-09-2009 <a href="./2009/nocolumn.htm">No column</a><br>
10-16-2009 <a href="./2009/10-16-09.htm">Five minutes after ten</a><br>
10-23-2009 <a href="./2009/10-23-09.htm">The landscape has changed</a><br>
10-30-2009 <a href="./2009/nocolumn.htm">No column</a>
<br>
<br>
November<br>
11-06-2009 <a href="./2009/11-06-09.htm">Duck and flounder</a><br>
11-13-2009 <a href="./2009/11-13-09.htm">The fall of the wall</a><br>
11-20-2009 <a href="./2009/11-20-09.htm">Spectacular Seussical</a><br>
11-27-2009 <a href="./2009/11-27-09.htm">School days, school days, good old golden rule days</a>
<br>
<br>
December<br>
12-04-2009 <a href="./2009/12-04-09.htm">Two kinds of time</a><br>
12-11-2009 <a href="./2009/12-11-09.htm">"Everyday people"</a><br>
12-18-2009 <a href="./2009/12-18-09.htm">Heart-felt holiday ornaments</a><br>
12-25-2009 <a href="./2009/12-25-09.htm">"Through the years, we all will be together"</a>
</p>

<a name="2008"><h2>Columns for 2008</h2></a>

<p style="text-align:left">
January<br>
01-04-2008 <a href="./2008/01-04-08.htm">Six geese-a-flapping</a><br>
01-11-2008 <a href="./2008/01-11-08.htm">Let there be light -- and heat!</a><br>
01-18-2008 <a href="./2008/01-18-08.htm">"The Game"</a><br>
01-25-2008 <a href="./2008/01-25-08.htm">"Green River Ordinance Enforced</a>
<br>
<br>
February<br>
02-01-2008 <a href="./2008/02-01-08.htm">From Balquhidder to Burns</a><br>
02-08-2008 <a href="./2008/02-08-08.htm">Loose ends</a><br>
02-15-2008 <a href="./2008/02-15-08.htm">Dosey do</a><br>
02-22-2008 <a href="./2008/02-22-08.htm">Leap frog</a><br>
02-29-2008 <a href="./2008/02-29-08.htm">A starring role</a>
<br>
<br>
March<br>
03-07-2008 <a href="./2008/03-07-08.htm">World War II mystery</a><br>
03-14-2008 <a href="./2008/03-14-08.htm">Health nuts</a><br>
03-21-2008 <a href="./2008/03-21-08.htm">Something so simple</a><br>
03-28-2008 <a href="./2008/03-28-08.htm">Reading, writing and rigor mortis</a>
<br>
<br>
April<br>
04-04-2008 <a href="./2008/04-04-08.htm">Twelfth pounders</a><br>
04-11-2008 <a href="./2008/04-11-08.htm">Bibs, blankets and septic tanks</a><br>
04-18-2008 <a href="./2008/04-18-08.htm">Let me entertain you</a><br>
04-25-2008 <a href="./2008/04-25-08.htm">Three old hens and a spring chicken</a>
<br>
<br>
May<br>
05-02-2008 <a href="./2008/05-02-08.htm">These shoes are made for walking</a><br>
05-09-2008 <a href="./2008/05-09-08.htm">Let's hear it for crones!</a><br>
05-16-2008 <a href="./2008/05-16-08.htm">They call the wind Vestas</a><br>
05-23-2008 <a href="./2008/05-23-08.htm">Lessons from one generation to another</a><br>
05-30-2008 <a href="./2008/05-30-08.htm">Circles</a>
<br>
<br>
June<br>
06-06-2008 <a href="./2008/06-06-08.htm">The seven Cs</a><br>
06-13-2008 <a href="./2008/06-13-08.htm">Disconnecting from the past</a><br>
06-20-2008 <a href="./2008/06-20-08.htm">Bursting into song</a><br>
06-27-2008 <a href="./2008/06-27-08.htm">On a clear day</a>
<br>
<br>
July<br>
07-04-2008 <a href="./2008/07-04-08.htm">Cars, vans and trucks - oh my</a><br>
07-11-2008 <a href="./2008/07-11-08.htm">Kilkelly, Ireland</a><br>
07-18-2008 <a href="./2008/07-18-08.htm">The real jewel</a><br>
07-25-2008 <a href="./2008/07-25-08.htm">Omagh</a>
<br>
<br>
August<br>
08-01-2008 <a href="./2008/08-01-08.htm">In the blink of an eye</a><br>
08-08-2008 <a href="./2008/08-08-08.htm">Windjammer and Pale Daffodil</a><br>
08-15-2008 <a href="./2008/08-15-08.htm">Hair today, gone tomorrow</a><br>
08-22-2008 <a href="./2008/08-22-08.htm">What's cooking is more than food</a><br>
08-29-2008 <a href="./2008/08-29-08.htm">Hallo ... und Tschüss, wieder!</a>
<br>
<br>
September<br>
09-05-2008 <a href="./2008/09-05-08.htm">Time capsule</a><br>
09-12-2008 <a href="./2008/09-12-08.htm">Back in time to the five-and-dime</a><br>
09-19-2008 <a href="./2008/09-19-08.htm">Double Nickels</a><br>
09-26-2008 <a href="./2008/09-26-08.htm">What not to buy</a>
<br>
<br>
October<br>
10-03-2008 <a href="./2008/10-03-08.htm">One at a time</a><br>
10-10-2008 <a href="./2008/10-10-08.htm">Wiskansas Alpaulivia</a><br>
10-17-2008 <a href="./2008/10-17-08.htm">Between two hot mamas</a><br>
10-24-2008 <a href="./2008/10-24-08.htm">Cynicism meets the Dragon</a><br>
10-31-2008 <a href="./2008/nocolumn.htm">No column</a>
<br>
<br>
November<br>
11-07-2008 <a href="./2008/11-07-08.htm">A real chorus</a><br>
11-14-2008 <a href="./2008/11-14-08.htm">Earth to earth</a><br>
11-21-2008 <a href="./2008/11-21-08.htm">"The rest of the story"</a><br>
11-28-2008 <a href="./2008/11-28-08.htm">Trivia and tradition</a>
<br>
<br>
December<br>
12-05-2008 <a href="./2008/12-05-08.htm">Emily Post, Edmund Hoyle, Albert Hollander and others roll snake eyes</a><br>
12-12-2008 <a href="./2008/12-12-08.htm">Holiday hype</a><br>
12-19-2008 <a href="./2008/12-19-08.htm">A work in progress</a><br>
12-26-2008 <a href="./2008/12-26-08.htm">"Holiday adventures with Art - part 22</a>
</p>

<a name="2007"><h2>Columns for 2007</h2></a>

<p style="text-align:left">
January<br>
01-05-2007 <a href="./2007/01-05-07.htm">Curious!</a><br>
01-12-2007 <a href="./2007/01-12-07.htm">Family Pfeffernuts</a><br>
01-19-2007 <a href="./2007/01-19-07.htm">Wrap it up!</a><br>
01-26-2007 <a href="./2007/01-26-07.htm">It raises us up</a>
<br>
<br>
February<br>
02-02-2007 <a href="./2007/02-02-07.htm">The little state that could</a><br>
02-09-2007 <a href="./2007/02-09-07.htm">Music, cops and cousin Pete</a><br>
02-16-2007 <a href="./2007/02-16-07.htm">Who's there!</a><br>
02-23-2007 <a href="./2007/02-23-07.htm">The pig - a lovely and genuine animal</a>
<br>
<br>
March<br>
03-02-2007 <a href="./2007/03-02-07.htm">Thanks for coming our way</a><br>
03-09-2007 <a href="./2007/03-09-07.htm">Zzzzzz</a><br>
03-16-2007 <a href="./2007/03-16-07.htm">Alfred and Tony</a><br>
03-23-2007 <a href="./2007/03-23-07.htm">A new home</a><br>
03-30-2007 <a href="./2007/03-30-07.htm">Seuss on the loose</a>
<br>
<br>
April<br>
04-06-2007 <a href="./2007/04-06-07.htm">My April awakening</a><br>
04-13-2007 <a href="./2007/04-13-07.htm">Hungry for Hungary</a><br>
04-20-2007 <a href="./2007/04-20-07.htm">Letters from home</a><br>
04-27-2007 <a href="./2007/04-27-07.htm">For the birds</a>
<br>
<br>
May<br>
05-04-2007 <a href="./2007/nocolumn.htm">No column</a><br>
05-11-2007 <a href="./2007/05-11-07.htm">Grandmothers Day</a><br>
05-18-2007 <a href="./2007/05-18-07.htm">Good feelings</a><br>
05-25-2007 <a href="./2007/05-25-07.htm">Building character from A to Z</a>
<br>
<br>
June<br>
06-01-2007 <a href="./2007/06-01-07.htm">Those rowdy teachers</a><br>
06-08-2007 <a href="./2007/06-08-07.htm">Falcon Daze</a><br>
06-15-2007 <a href="./2007/06-15-07.htm">Reconnecting with relatives</a><br>
06-22-2007 <a href="./2007/06-22-07.htm">"Number 5"</a><br>
06-29-2007 <a href="./2007/06-29-07.htm">Show and tell</a>
<br>
<br>
July<br>
07-06-2007 <a href="./2007/07-06-07.htm">A letter to Dad J</a><br>
07-13-2007 <a href="./2007/07-13-07.htm">"Vive la Différence"</a><br>
07-20-2007 <a href="./2007/07-20-07.htm">My friend - the whirlwind</a><br>
07-27-2007 <a href="./2007/07-27-07.htm">Kiss me!</a>
<br>
<br>
August<br>
08-03-2007 <a href="./2007/08-03-07.htm">Invest in family</a><br>
08-10-2007 <a href="./2007/08-10-07.htm">No rhyme to chores in modern times</a><br>
08-17-2007 <a href="./2007/08-17-07.htm">Six-year quest</a><br>
08-24-2007 <a href="./2007/08-24-07.htm">Vaya con Dios</a><br>
08-31-2007 <a href="./2007/08-31-07.htm">Bear with me - NOT!</a>
<br>
<br>
September<br>
09-07-2007 <a href="./2007/09-07-07.htm">"The way of kicking and punching"</a><br>
09-14-2007 <a href="./2007/09-14-07.htm">"Struck down, but not destroyed"</a><br>
09-21-2007 <a href="./2007/09-21-07.htm">Goodbye, Alex!</a><br>
09-28-2007 <a href="./2007/09-28-07.htm">The last lightning bug</a>
<br>
<br>
October<br>
10-05-2007 <a href="./2007/10-05-07.htm">"Don't you think we'll make it?"</a><br>
10-12-2007 <a href="./2007/10-12-07.htm">The hassles are worth it</a><br>
10-19-2007 <a href="./2007/10-19-07.htm">The old garden hose</a><br>
10-26-2007 <a href="./2007/10-26-07.htm">Homes, sweet homes</a>
<br>
<br>
November<br>
11-02-2007 <a href="./2007/11-02-07.htm">Make life worthwhile</a><br>
11-09-2007 <a href="./2007/11-09-07.htm">Sentimental journey</a><br>
11-16-2007 <a href="./2007/11-16-07.htm">Thankful for memories</a><br>
11-23-2007 <a href="./2007/11-23-07.htm">The sea, the sand and the sky</a><br>
11-30-2007 <a href="./2007/11-30-07.htm">Sounds of Gold</a>
<br>
<br>
December<br>
12-07-2007 <a href="./2007/12-07-07.htm">Preparing for winter</a><br>
12-14-2007 <a href="./2007/nocolumn.htm">No column</a><br>
12-21-2007 <a href="./2007/12-21-07.htm">"Fire up" the Christmas tree!</a><br>
12-28-2007 <a href="./2007/12-28-07.htm">The enduring gift of the Christmas tree</a>
</p>

<a name="2006"><h2>Columns for 2006</h2></a>

<p style="text-align:left">
January<br>
01-06-2006 <a href="./2006/01-06-06.htm">Small choices, big impact</a><br>
01-13-2006 <a href="./2006/01-13-06.htm">Invisipod</a><br>
01-20-2006 <a href="./2006/01-20-06.htm">From newsletters to no letters</a><br>
01-27-2006 <a href="./2006/01-27-06.htm">Each of us can make a difference</a>
<br>
<br>
February<br>
02-03-2006 <a href="./2006/02-03-06.htm">Something beautiful remains</a><br>
02-10-2006 <a href="./2006/02-10-06.htm">A death in the family</a><br>
02-17-2006 <a href="./2006/02-17-06.htm">Six degrees of connection</a><br>
02-24-2006 <a href="./2006/02-24-06.htm">Bagpipes, drums, pomp and fun</a>
<br>
<br>
March<br>
03-03-2006 <a href="./2006/03-03-06.htm">"Man, Mom, you were a giant!"</a><br>
03-10-2006 <a href="./2006/03-10-06.htm">Enjoy the moment before it's swept away</a><br>
03-17-2006 <a href="./2006/03-17-06.htm">Twelve O'Clock High</a><br>
03-24-2006 <a href="./2006/03-24-06.htm">More behind than ever</a><br>
03-31-2006 <a href="./2006/03-31-06.htm">ICU - or do I?</a>
<br>
<br>
April<br>
04-07-2006 <a href="./2006/04-07-06.htm">Inquiring minds don't want to know</a><br>
04-14-2006 <a href="./2006/04-14-06.htm">Sweet 15</a><br>
04-21-2006 <a href="./2006/04-21-06.htm">Storm warning system</a><br>
04-28-2006 <a href="./2006/04-28-06.htm">Parkway 6-3055</a>
<br>
<br>
May<br>
05-05-2006 <a href="./2006/05-05-06.htm">Pet-scapades</a><br>
05-12-2006 <a href="./2006/05-12-06.htm">Mother's Day advice</a><br>
05-19-2006 <a href="./2006/05-19-06.htm">The past meets the future</a><br>
05-26-2006 <a href="./2006/05-26-06.htm">Here's to you - for all you do</a>
<br>
<br>
June<br>
06-02-2006 <a href="./2006/06-02-06.htm">A thrill a minute</a><br>
06-09-2006 <a href="./2006/06-09-06.htm">No ordinary Memorial Day</a><br>
06-16-2006 <a href="./2006/06-16-06.htm">Auf Wiedersehen, Smitty!</a><br>
06-23-2006 <a href="./2006/06-23-06.htm">From corn tassels to motarboard tassels</a><br>
06-30-2006 <a href="./2006/06-30-06.htm">Never look up</a>
<br>
<br>
July<br>
07-07-2006 <a href="./2006/07-07-06.htm">Memories of the traveling playhouse</a><br>
07-14-2006 <a href="./2006/07-14-06.htm">Food for thought</a><br>
07-21-2006 <a href="./2006/07-21-06.htm">Musical cars</a><br>
07-28-2006 <a href="./2006/nocolumn.htm">No column</a>
<br>
<br>
August<br>
08-04-2006 <a href="./2006/08-04-06.htm">In all his glory</a><br>
08-11-2006 <a href="./2006/08-11-06.htm">Trip to the past - and back!</a><br>
08-18-2006 <a href="./2006/08-18-06.htm">A cross word - and a down one too!</a><br>
08-25-2006 <a href="./2006/08-25-06.htm">"It's gotta be in ya to do it"</a>
<br>
<br>
September<br>
09-01-2006 <a href="./2006/09-01-06.htm">Easing in</a><br>
09-08-2006 <a href="./2006/09-08-06.htm">Making the connection</a><br>
09-15-2006 <a href="./2006/09-15-06.htm">Happy faces</a><br>
09-22-2006 <a href="./2006/09-22-06.htm">Moving on</a><br>
09-29-2006 <a href="./2006/09-29-06.htm">E pluribus unum</a>
<br>
<br>
October<br>
10-06-2006 <a href="./2006/10-06-06.htm">The Great Colorful North</a><br>
10-13-2006 <a href="./2006/10-13-06.htm">My favorite season, times two</a><br>
10-20-2006 <a href="./2006/nocolumn.htm">No column</a><br>
10-27-2006 <a href="./2006/10-27-06.htm">Tribute to Marie</a>
<br>
<br>
November<br>
11-03-2006 <a href="./2006/11-03-06.htm">The ultimate Packers fan</a><br>
11-10-2006 <a href="./2006/11-10-06.htm">A place of memories and hope</a><br>
11-17-2006 <a href="./2006/11-17-06.htm">Thankfulness as a habit</a><br>
11-24-2006 <a href="./2006/11-24-06.htm">"We can do it!"</a>
<br>
<br>
December<br>
12-01-2006 <a href="./2006/12-01-06.htm">Big brother</a><br>
12-08-2006 <a href="./2006/12-08-06.htm">Columns for desperate times</a><br>
12-15-2006 <a href="./2006/12-15-06.htm">The sword and the pen</a><br>
12-22-2006 <a href="./2006/nocolumn.htm">No column</a><br>
12-29-2006 <a href="./2006/12-29-06.htm">And a child shall lead us</a>
</p>

<a name="2005"><h2>Columns for 2005</h2></a>

<p style="text-align:left">
January<br>
01-06-2005 <a href="./2005/01-06-05.htm">50 years of memories</a><br>
01-13-2005 <a href="./2005/01-13-05.htm">Soaring with eagles</a><br>
01-20-2005 <a href="./2005/01-20-05.htm">Gadgets, gizmos and me</a><br>
01-27-2005 <a href="./2005/01-27-05.htm">Roman god sidetracked in Sweden</a>
<br>
<br>
February<br>
02-03-2005 <a href="./2005/02-03-05.htm">"Live like you were dying"</a><br>
02-10-2005 <a href="./2005/02-10-05.htm">Thanks, Jane!</a><br>
02-17-2005 <a href="./2005/02-17-05.htm">Let's celebrate!</a><br>
02-24-2005 <a href="./2005/02-24-05.htm">Mazel tov!</a>
<br>
<br>
March<br>
03-03-2005 <a href="./2005/03-03-05.htm">I need some spring!</a><br>
03-10-2005 <a href="./2005/03-10-05.htm">A silver anniversary with a tropical touch</a><br>
03-17-2005 <a href="./2005/03-17-05.htm">"Gloria Freeland, San Jos&eacute; News"</a><br>
03-24-2005 <a href="./2005/03-24-05.htm">"Today tennis, tomorrow the world!"</a><br>
03-31-2005 <a href="./2005/03-31-05.htm">A 95-year-old "million dollar baby"</a>
<br>
<br>
April<br>
04-07-2005 <a href="./2005/04-07-05.htm">A trip to Country Gardens</a><br>
04-14-2005 <a href="./2005/04-14-05.htm">The son of a teacher</a><br>
04-21-2005 <a href="./2005/04-21-05.htm">"A little song, a little dance"</a><br>
04-28-2005 <a href="./2005/04-28-05.htm">Blest be the tie that binds</a>
<br>
<br>
May<br>
05-06-2005 <a href="./2005/05-06-05.htm">Changing of the moms</a><br>
05-13-2005 <a href="./2005/05-13-05.htm">We won't forget</a><br>
05-20-2005 <a href="./2005/05-20-05.htm">Itchy feet, white water and snakes</a><br>
05-27-2005 <a href="./2005/05-27-05.htm">Change of time</a>
<br>
<br>
June<br>
06-03-2005 <a href="./2005/06-03-05.htm">Cymru am byth</a><br>
06-10-2005 <a href="./2005/06-10-05.htm">Why the Brits don't comb their hair</a><br>
06-17-2005 <a href="./2005/06-17-05.htm">Quilts as memory makers</a><br>
06-24-2005 <a href="./2005/06-24-05.htm">"I'm tired of my clothes!"</a>
<br>
<br>
July<br>
07-01-2005 <a href="./2005/07-01-05.htm">What will they remember?</a><br>
07-08-2005 <a href="./2005/07-08-05.htm">What's in a name?</a><br>
07-15-2005 <a href="./2005/07-15-05.htm">Magnificent Midsummer</a><br>
07-22-2005 <a href="./2005/07-22-05.htm">Girls' night out</a><br>
07-29-2005 <a href="./2005/nocolumn.htm">No column</a>
<br>
<br>
August<br>
08-05-2005 <a href="./2005/08-05-05.htm">50 years of magic</a><br>
08-12-2005 <a href="./2005/08-12-05.htm">Art in the veins</a><br>
08-19-2005 <a href="./2005/08-19-05.htm">Little Grandmother</a><br>
08-26-2005 <a href="./2005/08-26-05.htm">Wedding cake in western Kansas</a>
<br>
<br>
September<br>
09-02-2005 <a href="./2005/09-02-05.htm">Lucky 13</a><br>
09-09-2005 <a href="./2005/09-09-05.htm">5-H ... 4-H plus Hilarity!</a><br>
09-16-2005 <a href="./2005/09-16-05.htm">Midnattsol</a><br>
09-23-2005 <a href="./2005/09-23-05.htm">Time to flea!</a><br>
09-30-2005 <a href="./2005/09-30-05.htm">It was the best of times, it was the worst of times</a>
<br>
<br>
October<br>
10-07-2005 <a href="./2005/10-07-05.htm">Gloriar</a><br>
10-14-2005 <a href="./2005/10-14-05.htm">Back in time</a><br>
10-21-2005 <a href="./2005/10-21-05.htm">Nadja</a><br>
10-28-2005 <a href="./2005/10-28-05.htm">Just a matter of time</a>
<br>
<br>
November<br>
11-04-2005 <a href="./2005/11-04-05.htm">Countantowit</a><br>
11-11-2005 <a href="./2005/11-11-05.htm">And the Wall came tumbling down</a><br>
11-18-2005 <a href="./2005/11-18-05.htm">A village makes a quilt</a><br>
11-25-2005 <a href="./2005/11-25-05.htm">King for a day</a>
<br>
<br>
December<br>
12-02-2005 <a href="./2005/12-02-05.htm">Abundance: it isn't just about food</a><br>
12-09-2005 <a href="./2005/12-09-05.htm">Kaffe och lutfisk</a><br>
12-16-2005 <a href="./2005/12-16-05.htm">Almost skinned in the "Big Easy"</a><br>
12-23-2005 <a href="./2005/12-23-05.htm">Inspiration or insulation?</a><br>
12-30-2005 <a href="./2005/12-30-05.htm">Dream house</a>
</p>

<a name="2004"><h2>Columns for 2004</h2></a>

<p style="text-align:left">
January<br>
01-01-2004 <a href="./2004/01-01-04.htm">Sweet holiday memories</a><br>
01-08-2004 <a href="./2004/01-08-04.htm">Mr. Fix-It Man</a><br>
01-15-2004 <a href="./2004/01-15-04.htm">A different sort of holiday</a><br>
01-22-2004 <a href="./2004/01-22-04.htm">Shopping, Bolivian-style</a><br>
01-29-2004 <a href="./2004/01-29-04.htm">The sunflower state</a>
<br>
<br>
February<br>
02-05-2004 <a href="./2004/02-05-04.htm">Snow foolin'</a><br>
02-12-2004 <a href="./2004/02-12-04.htm">Here comes the cheese box!</a><br>
02-19-2004 <a href="./2004/02-19-04.htm">Used car lot</a><br>
02-26-2004 <a href="./2004/02-26-04.htm">Leap before you look</a>
<br>
<br>
March<br>
03-04-2004 <a href="./2004/03-04-04.htm">Hypothesis: this year's science fair would be better than ever!</a><br>
03-11-2004 <a href="./2004/03-11-04.htm">The wearin' o' the green and other customs</a><br>
03-18-2004 <a href="./2004/03-18-04.htm">One red cent</a><br>
03-25-2004 <a href="./2004/03-25-04.htm">Dat be all right</a>
<br>
<br>
April<br>
04-01-2004 <a href="./2004/04-01-04.htm">Countdown to commencement</a><br>
04-08-2004 <a href="./2004/04-08-04.htm">A night in Paris</a><br>
04-15-2004 <a href="./2004/04-15-04.htm">PJ days</a><br>
04-22-2004 <a href="./2004/04-22-04.htm">The Three Rs</a><br>
04-29-2004 <a href="./2004/04-29-04.htm">First draft of history</a>
<br>
<br>
May<br>
05-06-2004 <a href="./2004/05-06-04.htm">Like mother, like daughter</a><br>
05-13-2004 <a href="./2004/05-13-04.htm">Live in the present</a><br>
05-20-2004 <a href="./2004/05-20-04.htm">Fathers' Day</a><br>
05-27-2004 <a href="./2004/05-27-04.htm">Rural school days</a>
<br>
<br>
June<br>
06-03-2004 <a href="./2004/06-03-04.htm">A tribute long overdue</a><br>
06-10-2004 <a href="./2004/06-10-04.htm">Wedding wishes and memories</a><br>
06-17-2004 <a href="./2004/06-17-04.htm">Something to crow about</a><br>
06-24-2004 <a href="./2004/06-24-04.htm">Letting go</a>
<br>
<br>
July<br>
07-01-2004 <a href="./2004/07-01-04.htm">The Ritchie reunion</a><br>
07-08-2004 <a href="./2004/07-08-04.htm">Parade, picnic and pyrotechnics</a><br>
07-15-2004 <a href="./2004/07-15-04.htm">Memories of cedar</a><br>
07-22-2004 <a href="./2004/07-22-04.htm">Happy anniversary, hubby!</a><br>
07-29-2004 <a href="./2004/07-29-04.htm">Three-ring circus</a>
<br>
<br>
August<br>
08-05-2004 <a href="./2004/08-05-04.htm">Heart throb</a><br>
08-12-2004 <a href="./2004/08-12-04.htm">Remodeling fun?</a><br>
08-19-2004 <a href="./2004/08-19-04.htm">"Did you run out of gas money?"</a><br>
08-26-2004 <a href="./2004/08-26-04.htm">Ready or not, there she goes!</a>
<br>
<br>
September<br>
09-02-2004 <a href="./2004/09-02-04.htm">Art and Smokey turn 60</a><br>
09-09-2004 <a href="./2004/09-09-04.htm">September thoughts</a><br>
09-16-2004 <a href="./2004/09-16-04.htm">Eat the biggest frog first</a><br>
09-23-2004 <a href="./2004/09-23-04.htm">Western Kansas wind</a><br>
09-30-2004 <a href="./2004/09-30-04.htm">Fossil hunters</a>
<br>
<br>
October<br>
10-07-2004 <a href="./2004/10-07-04.htm">Get me out of here!</a><br>
10-14-2004 <a href="./2004/10-14-04.htm">Luck of the draw</a><br>
10-21-2004 <a href="./2004/10-21-04.htm">Your knees smell like Bolivia</a><br>
10-28-2004 <a href="./2004/10-28-04.htm">Scary, scary night</a>
<br>
<br>
November<br>
11-04-2004 <a href="./2004/11-04-04.htm">Shopping in the sky</a><br>
11-11-2004 <a href="./2004/11-11-04.htm">A time to remember</a><br>
11-18-2004 <a href="./2004/11-18-04.htm">Another time and place</a><br>
11-25-2004 <a href="./2004/11-25-04.htm">Keepunumuk</a>
<br>
<br>
December<br>
12-02-2004 <a href="./2004/12-02-04.htm">My international country town</a><br>
12-09-2004 <a href="./2004/12-09-04.htm">Rediscovering Christmas</a><br>
12-16-2004 <a href="./2004/12-16-04.htm">Oh, fudge!</a><br>
12-23-2004 <a href="./2004/12-23-04.htm">The gifts that keep on giving</a><br>
12-30-2004 <a href="./2004/12-30-04.htm">Face to face with Grandpa</a>
</p>

<a name="2003"><h2>Columns for 2003</h2></a>

<p style="text-align:left">
January<br>
01-02-2003 <a href="./2003/01-02-03.htm">My New Year's resolution</a><br>
01-09-2003 <a href="./2003/01-09-03.htm">Snowless in Wisconsin</a><br>
01-16-2003 <a href="./2003/01-16-03.htm">It changes, but it never changes</a><br>
01-23-2003 <a href="./2003/01-23-03.htm">Dad's diaries</a><br>
01-30-2003 <a href="./2003/01-30-03.htm">Gender bending</a>
<br>
<br>
February<br>
02-06-2003 <a href="./2003/02-06-03.htm">Here's some spam, ma'am</a><br>
02-13-2003 <a href="./2003/02-13-03.htm">Adiós, Cecilia</a><br>
02-20-2003 <a href="./2003/02-20-03.htm">From the heart</a><br>
02-27-2003 <a href="./2003/02-27-03.htm">Hi, Homer, hi, Gloria!</a>
<br>
<br>
March<br>
03-06-2003 <a href="./2003/03-06-03.htm">Goodbye, dear neighbor</a><br>
03-13-2003 <a href="./2003/03-13-03.htm">"Weather or Not"</a><br>
03-20-2003 <a href="./2003/03-20-03.htm">March celebrations</a><br>
03-27-2003 <a href="./2003/03-27-03.htm">Remembering Logan</a>
<br>
<br>
April<br>
04-03-2003 <a href="./2003/04-03-03.htm">The wedding planner</a><br>
04-10-2003 <a href="./2003/04-10-03.htm">Rites of spring</a><br>
04-17-2003 <a href="./2003/04-17-03.htm">Easter bonnets, baskets and bunnies</a><br>
04-24-2003 <a href="./2003/04-24-03.htm">EGG-xtraordinary Omelets</a>
<br>
<br>
May<br>
05-01-2003 <a href="./2003/05-01-03.htm">Seeing the past</a><br>
05-08-2003 <a href="./2003/05-08-03.htm">Hardest job I've ever loved</a><br>
05-15-2003 <a href="./2003/05-15-03.htm">"The station will come soon enough"</a><br>
05-22-2003 <a href="./2003/05-22-03.htm">Something beautiful remains</a><br>
05-29-2003 <a href="./2003/05-29-03.htm">The bluebird of happiness</a>
<br>
<br>
June<br>
06-05-2003 <a href="./2003/06-05-03.htm">Souvenirs</a><br>
06-12-2003 <a href="./2003/06-12-03.htm">Imagination</a><br>
06-19-2003 <a href="./2003/06-19-03.htm">Windy days are Ione days!</a><br>
06-26-2003 <a href="./2003/06-26-03.htm">Trip of a lifetime</a>
<br>
<br>July<br>
07-03-2003 <a href="./2003/07-03-03.htm">Country roads, take me home</a><br>
07-10-2003 <a href="./2003/07-10-03.htm">Teddy</a><br>
07-17-2003 <a href="./2003/07-17-03.htm">Language as part of the fun</a><br>
07-24-2003 <a href="./2003/07-24-03.htm">Swedish Smörgåsbord</a><br>
07-31-2003 <a href="./2003/07-31-03.htm">How do you mend a broken heart?</a>
<br>
<br>
August<br>
08-07-2003 <a href="./2003/08-07-03.htm">Oh, to be 10 again!</a><br>
08-14-2003 <a href="./2003/08-14-03.htm">Roughing it</a><br>
08-21-2003 <a href="./2003/08-21-03.htm">Roadside treasures</a><br>
08-28-2003 <a href="./2003/08-28-03.htm">New year resolutions</a>
<br>
<br>
September<br>
09-04-2003 <a href="./2003/09-04-03.htm">Letters and e-mail</a><br>
09-11-2003 <a href="./2003/09-11-03.htm">Variety is the spice of life</a><br>
09-18-2003 <a href="./2003/09-18-03.htm">It's all downhill from here - or is it?</a><br>
09-25-2003 <a href="./2003/09-25-03.htm">Sunrise, sunset</a>
<br>
<br>
October<br>
10-02-2003 <a href="./2003/10-02-03.htm">"Get thee out of the way!"</a><br>
10-09-2003 <a href="./2003/10-09-03.htm">One thing always leads to another</a><br>
10-16-2003 <a href="./2003/10-16-03.htm">A degrading experience</a><br>
10-23-2003 <a href="./2003/10-23-03.htm">"The hills are alive"</a><br>
10-30-2003 <a href="./2003/10-30-03.htm">The pull of the landscape</a>
<br>
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November<br>
11-06-2003 <a href="./2003/11-06-03.htm">Turn around and they're tiny, turn around and they're grown</a><br>
11-13-2003 <a href="./2003/11-13-03.htm">"Merry Thanksgivoween"</a><br>
11-20-2003 <a href="./2003/11-20-03.htm">"A Time to Mourn, A Time to Dance"</a><br>
11-27-2003 <a href="./2003/11-27-03.htm">A Thanksgiving poem</a>
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December<br>
12-04-2003 <a href="./2003/12-04-03.htm">Turkey and cow pies</a><br>
12-11-2003 <a href="./2003/12-11-03.htm">Toasting and roasting friends</a><br>
12-18-2003 <a href="./2003/12-18-03.htm">Furry, fuzzy, frisky felines</a><br>
12-25-2003 <a href="./2003/12-25-03.htm">Wise man from the South</a>
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<a name="2002"><h2>Columns for 2002</h2></a>

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January<br>
01-03-2002 <a href="./2002/01-03-02.htm">Fast away the old year passes</a><br>
01-10-2002 <a href="./2002/01-10-02.htm">The best Christmas ever</a><br>
01-17-2002 <a href="./2002/01-17-02.htm">Clearing the paper trail</a><br>
01-24-2002 <a href="./2002/01-24-02.htm">A life-changing decision</a><br>
01-31-2002 <a href="./2002/01-31-02.htm">Prayers and pizza</a>
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February<br>
02-07-2002 <a href="./2002/02-07-02.htm">Remembering Jerome on Feb. 3</a><br>
02-14-2002 <a href="./2002/02-14-02.htm">Hearts and bears and flowers, oh my!</a><br>
02-21-2002 <a href="./2002/02-21-02.htm">Uncle Stan, World War II and his birthday</a><br>
02-28-2002 <a href="./2002/02-28-02.htm">My purr-fect leg warmer</a>
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March<br>
03-07-2002 <a href="./2002/03-07-02.htm">Shades of "Laugh-In"</a><br>
03-14-2002 <a href="./2002/03-14-02.htm">Forces of nature</a><br>
03-21-2002 <a href="./2002/03-21-02.htm">Spring has sprung (or my crocuses didn't croak)</a><br>
03-28-2002 <a href="./2002/03-28-02.htm">Swedish sisters</a>
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April<br>
04-04-2002 <a href="./2002/04-04-02.htm">Numb and Numb-er</a><br>
04-11-2002 <a href="./2002/04-11-02.htm">It's now or never</a><br>
04-18-2002 <a href="./2002/04-18-02.htm">Stitched together with love</a><br>
04-25-2002 <a href="./2002/04-25-02.htm">Have we gone nuts?</a>
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May<br>
05-02-2002 <a href="./2002/05-02-02.htm">Never too old to experience new things</a><br>
05-09-2002 <a href="./2002/05-09-02.htm">Hug a teacher today</a><br>
05-16-2002 <a href="./2002/05-16-02.htm">Is this what they mean by "blue grass?"</a><br>
05-23-2002 <a href="./2002/05-23-02.htm">Mornings and Memorial Day</a><br>
05-30-2002 <a href="./2002/05-30-02.htm">Loose ends</a>
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June<br>
06-06-2002 <a href="./2002/06-06-02.htm">The Bolivians are coming!</a><br>
06-13-2002 <a href="./2002/06-13-02.htm">Happy Father's Day</a><br>
06-20-2002 <a href="./2002/06-20-02.htm">A walk through the prairie</a><br>
06-27-2002 <a href="./2002/06-27-02.htm">By the dawn's early light</a>
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July<br>
07-04-2002 <a href="./2002/07-04-02.htm">Hooray for the Red, White and Blue!</a><br>
07-11-2002 <a href="./2002/07-11-02.htm">Overjoyed and overwhelmed</a><br>
07-18-2002 <a href="./2002/07-18-02.htm">Just a minute while I live in the moment</a><br>
07-25-2002 <a href="./2002/07-25-02.htm">The family that can't say "goodbye"</a> - The Freelands have trouble saying "good bye," and hang on as long as they can
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August<br>
08-01-2002 <a href="./2002/08-01-02.htm">Color my world</a> - Names for colors of paint, nails, and clothes<br>
08-08-2002 <a href="./2002/08-08-02.htm">Only the landscape stays the same</a> - My hometown highschool is razed<br>
08-15-2002 <a href="./2002/08-15-02.htm">Of bears and berries</a> - Wisconsin cottage events: Seeing a bear, picking berries, making jam, crossword puzzles<br>
08-22-2002 <a href="./2002/08-22-02.htm">School daze</a> -Another school year begins, but this year Mariya drives to school<br>
08-29-2002 <a href="./2002/08-29-02.htm">"Candles in the wind"</a> - Manhattan's Relay for Life walk and dad's failing health.
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September<br>
09-05-2002 <a href="./2002/09-05-02.htm">My personal organizer - batteries not needed</a> - I prefer my paper-and-pen organizer over 
           an electronic personal digital assistant<br>
09-12-2002 <a href="./2002/09-12-02.htm">One day at a time</a> - Thoughts on the one-year anniversary of the 09/11 attack<br>
09-19-2002 <a href="./2002/09-19-02.htm">Fear of flying - who needs it?</a> - I fly to Oregon for a convention and some sightseeing<br>
09-26-2002 <a href="./2002/09-26-02.htm">Touched by angels</a> - Hospice time for Dad
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October<br>
10-03-2002 <a href="./2002/10-03-02.htm">Just a simple weekend project</a> - Gloria paints the house entryway, including using 
           scaffolding<br>
10-10-2002 <a href="./2002/10-10-02.htm">A gift of family stories</a> - "Freeland Family Farm" stories and a collection of stories for 
           Art's mother Donna's 90th birthday<br>
10-17-2002 <a href="./2002/10-17-02.htm">October!</a> - The changing of the season, harvesting, Edla and her Christmas cactus<br>
10-24-2002 <a href="./2002/10-24-02.htm">Mother-in-law stories</a> - Experiences with Rita Johanning<br>
10-31-2002 <a href="./2002/10-31-02.htm">Candy, cats and costumes</a> - Decorating for Halloween, Katie becomes Hermione and Mariya 
           goes as a clown
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November<br>
11-07-2002 <a href="./2002/11-07-02.htm">Hanging on to autumn - and everything else!</a> - Our pin oak tree hangs on to its leaves the 
           way I hang on to fall<br>
11-14-2002 <a href="./2002/11-14-02.htm">A Kansas Bienvenida</a> - Cecelia, the daughter of my Bolivian friends Marlene and Cesín, 
           will be arriving to spend three months with the family<br>
11-21-2002 <a href="./2002/11-21-02.htm">Daddy, I'll miss you</a> - Dad'd death and what he meant to me<br>
11-28-2002 <a href="./2002/nocolumn.htm">No Column</a>
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December<br>
12-05-2002 <a href="./2002/12-05-02.htm">A time for joy, a time for sorrow</a> - Dad's death coincides whith Cecelia's arrival and 
           Christopher's birth<br>
12-12-2002 <a href="./2002/12-12-02.htm">Mariya had an accident</a> - Daughter Mariya has a car accident returning from school while 
           other family members are at a parade<br>
12-19-2002 <a href="./2002/12-19-02.htm">The year of unwrapped gifts</a> - I meet with my "gal pals" at a local restaurant<br>
12-26-2002 <a href="./2002/12-26-02.htm">Ghosts of Christmas past</a> - Dad's death, Christmas when young: sled tied to the car, getting 
           the tree
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<a name="2001"><h2>Columns for 2001</h2></a>

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November<br>
11-29-2001 <a href="./2001/11-29-01.htm">A snapshot look at life</a> - A penchant for picture taking names the column and my goal 
           for the column<br>
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December<br>
12-06-2001 <a href="./2001/12-06-01.htm">Nativity collection</a> - The origins of several family nativities<br>
12-13-2001 <a href="./2001/12-13-01.htm">The family holiday letter</a> - Why I like Christmas newsletters <br>
12-20-2001 <a href="./2001/12-20-01.htm">Oh, Christmas tree</a> - Procuring our annual Christmas tree and why it is a project<br>
12-27-2001 <a href="./2001/12-27-01.htm">Undecking the halls</a> - Late to decorate; late to take down, leaving snowmen through winter
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