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Category: Nevada Appeal Columns

Coming home to a place I’ve never been
Nevada Appeal Columns, Remembering

Coming home to a place I’ve never been

Originally posted on Lorie Smith Schaefer:
Today would have been my mother’s 95th birthday.  This Nevada Appeal column published on July 14,… Continue reading Coming home to a place I’ve never been

More milestones, nearly twenty years later…
Nevada Appeal Columns

More milestones, nearly twenty years later…

This piece was first published in the Nevada Appeal in 2003. I’ve passed many more milestones since that time. Retirement, … Continue reading More milestones, nearly twenty years later…

Losing a friend shouldn’t happen like this
Nevada Appeal Columns, Remembering

Losing a friend shouldn’t happen like this

“All my best friends move away; they get divorced or their husbands are transferred. All of them move, but not like this. Not with bombs and broken glass in the night and the FBI. Not like this.” Continue reading Losing a friend shouldn’t happen like this

My wish: A house that’s just clean enough
Healthy Habits for Happy Humans, Nevada Appeal Columns

My wish: A house that’s just clean enough

“Housework, if done properly, can kill you.” ~Erma Bombeck This piece was first published in the Nevada Appeal about twenty … Continue reading My wish: A house that’s just clean enough

Coming home to a place I’ve never been
Nevada Appeal Columns

Coming home to a place I’ve never been

Today would have been my mother’s 95th birthday.  This Nevada Appeal column published on July 14, 2004, just ten days … Continue reading Coming home to a place I’ve never been

Reading, like riding a bike, takes practice
Nevada Appeal Columns

Reading, like riding a bike, takes practice

This column first appeared in The Nevada Appeal, February 19, 2003 while I was still working as a literacy specialist … Continue reading Reading, like riding a bike, takes practice

Scrapbooks turn the pages of our lives
Nevada Appeal Columns

Scrapbooks turn the pages of our lives

This column appeared in The Nevada Appeal in 2002, when I was DEEP into scrapbooking. I am no longer. While … Continue reading Scrapbooks turn the pages of our lives

There’s no place like home for the holidays
Nevada Appeal Columns

There’s no place like home for the holidays

This column originally appeared in the Nevada Appeal on December 5, 2001, almost twenty years ago. September 11 was still … Continue reading There’s no place like home for the holidays

Remembering the day the world changed
Nevada Appeal Columns

Remembering the day the world changed

Originally published in The Nevada Appeal on September 26, 2001 My Own Battlefields in This New War “It’s awful here.  … Continue reading Remembering the day the world changed

Nevada Appeal Columns

Can you separate fact from fiction?

This column is from seven–yes, SEVEN–years ago and it seems there are at least a few people who still can’t … Continue reading Can you separate fact from fiction?

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