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A visit to an old friend Better prepared than a Conestoga wagon setting out on the Oregon Trail, Jean Middaugh ...

Counting your blessings It was just a cup of coffee, a  way for friends with busy lives to sit and ...

Thoughts on the New Year’s celebration Among the many odd things I think about is how the original inhabitants of ...

1940s in Brooklyn In the Brooklyn of the 1940s, when the air was crisp and carried the scent of snow, ...

A few of my favorite things There it was, an enticing invitation: How to trick your brain into feeling  happier. ...

A medical procedure I heard my name. Slowing down a bit and swiveling my head in several directions, which gets ...

We are all in the same situation This column is six years old. I am absolutely sure because my youngest ...

Learn to be thrifty “It’s so hard to keep up,” she said to her companion. “Things are so expensive and ...

A woman of a certain age revisited   The call of the crisp Autumn day was strong. Sure there were ...

The joy of guilty pleasures What is your guilty secret? Is it watching a less than intellectual television program? Does ...