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Senior-adult softball reveals the children they were
Posted at 10:32am on Jan. 31, 2012
My husband loves softball. When I went into labor with our first child, he was pitching a softball game. I was sitting in a lawn chair writing down the team stats, so I added a column that timed my contractions.
A good Hostess doesn't kill her dinner guests
Posted at 10:43am on Jan. 24, 2012
Ding-dong, the Twinkie is dead. As you may know, the Hostess company, maker of Twinkies and the wondrous Wonder Bread, recently announced that it is filing for bankruptcy.
Technology is killing 'just dropping by'
Posted at 11:58am on Jan. 10, 2012
I heard a radio talk show recently on sounds that will no longer be a part of modern life: the scratch of a turntable needle on a 78 rpm record, the chunk-chunk of an old-fashioned credit card machine.
Some 2012 resolutions for gardeners
Posted at 4:23pm on Jan. 3, 2012
In the spirit of sowing tiny seeds in hopes of a magnificent harvest - in spite of all the challenges sure to arise - I offer my short list of 2012 resolutions for area gardens, including my own farm and gardening projects.
Simple Christmas was 'good enough'
Posted at 3:56pm on Jan. 3, 2012
"We grow too soon old and too late smart." - Dutch Proverb
I will always cherish Christmas Eve
Posted at 5:42pm on Dec. 19, 2011
When I was growing up, Christmas Eve was invariably spent with my father's Aunt Anne and Uncle Harvey and their family.
Pawnshops thrive in weak economy
Posted at 9:59am on Dec. 13, 2011
I wasn't at Ken Clanton's Peddlers Pawn Emporium for long before he pulled out a Civil War bayonet and issued a challenge to me.
The best gift of the year: vegetables from local gardens
Posted at 4:23pm on Dec. 5, 2011
My best gardening presents don't arrive at Christmastime.
'They get you going fast'
Posted at 4:26pm on Dec. 5, 2011
What does 16-year-old Mooresville resident Anna Boug, a newly licensed driver, fear most?
Cat Square parade, an original
Posted at 4:33pm on Dec. 5, 2011
A common complaint is that the Christmas season is overrun with commercialism.
