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Hit the gym...your life depends on it

Dec 22, 2020 10:38AM ● By Alex Rothstein

For decades, health care professionals have cautioned people about the dangers of obesity. But those warnings have largely gone unheeded.

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Two life-changing words for 2021

Dec 22, 2020 09:22AM ● By Melanie Wiseman

When tearfully remembering his 70-year marriage to my mom, who passed away in June, my dad said, “I just hope I told her ‘thank you’ enough.”

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Who is my neighbor?

Dec 22, 2020 09:03AM ● By Vic Stinemetze

Who is my neighbor? You are my neighbor. If we could each come to this mindset, there would be no division in America.

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Surviving a Japanese prison camp: A letter to my father

Nov 23, 2020 03:02PM ● By Mary Stobie

Mary Stobie remembers her father, a World War II POW veteran, on Pearl Harbor Day.

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Hitchhiking home for Christmas
Hitchhiking home for the holidays

Nov 23, 2020 01:39PM ● By Steve Nelson

In 1966 Willie and I decided to hitchhike home to Cleveland for Christmas. We were doing great...until we got stuck in Craig, Colorado, at 2 a.m.

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Voice-activated devices
Be careful what you ask for

Nov 23, 2020 11:40AM ● By Michael Murphy

Voice-activated devices are the technology craze taking over the world.

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Toilet paper new year resolutions

Nov 23, 2020 11:22AM ● By Lois Greene Stone

One year, growing up in the 1940s, I decided to write down my New Year resolutions on toilet paper.

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The pros and cons of Google reviews

Nov 23, 2020 11:14AM ● By Dick Wolfsie

Google reviews are a great shortcut for conversations about movies you haven't seen...if you don't get caught.

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new year resolutions, ending 2020 intentionally
End 2020 intentionally, celebrating the good

Nov 23, 2020 11:04AM ● By Melanie Wiseman

Now that we’re on the cusp of 2021, it’s time to end the current year intentionally.

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why we celebrate Christmas
Why we celebrate Christmas

Nov 23, 2020 10:40AM ● By Vic Stinemetze

The thing I’m most thankful for is that our family has always celebrated the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

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