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1. It is February 29, 2012 Leap Year. Had I been born February 29 in 1948 instead of June 30, 1948 I would be turning 16. I don’t know if that would be a good thing or not but I guess there is a lot to be said about being 16. I just can’t think of any right now. 2....

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1. The Spring camp out began casually with folks filtering in on Monday and by Wednesday things began to really start cooking. By Friday, the camp grounds were full and alive with the sounds of bluegrass music resonating throughout the campgrounds. It appears that...

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1. Two months ago I wrote about three wonderful teachers who impacted my life. Last month I wrote about one teacher who was just plain mean and dreadful. A lot of you shared stories of your favorite teachers and your not so favorite teachers. Thank you. I did get a...

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1.) It’s August, schools are opening, Sheila, now tenured (God Bless her) will begin another school year as an excellent special education teacher, her husband, b.judd will begin his 24th year as a substitute teacher, their grandsons are getting older, Rhiannon and...

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1.A fond farewell to 2013 and can anyone tell me what that was all about? It seems that the years keep on appearing with great promise, and then like a passing freight train they seem to depart off into the distance leaving nothing but a trace of smoke and a bevy of...

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1957-2010: What a loooonnnnggg strange trip its been……… 1) Snowflakes: I still don’t understand this. There is a universal “belief” that no two snowflakes are alike. Billions upon billions of “freshly fallen silent shrouds of snow” (thank you Paul Simon) flakes drift...