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GIFTS FROM THE OAKS

I, like our friend Robert Frost, have safely trodden under the leaves of another year. We have successfully removed the oak leaves from our 15000 …

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CHIKKA

My sister is a consummate teacher. If we were to gather all the students whose lives she has touched through the years, we would probably …

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SAN ANGELO 1967

It’s a quirky little duplex with no central heat source, but the price is right for our Navy pay. $60 a month rent. And it’s …

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STEPHEN KING

I’ve never been a big fan of scary stories, especially those involving the supernatural. Perhaps it’s because my cousin and I were allowed to view …

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THE DENTIST

The history  of dentistry is replete with horror stories. Mark Twain tells of a dentist who extracted a patient’s entire skeleton along with a stubborn …

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MILK DUD

I squeezed my way down the aisle of Flight 532, threading my carryon and myself all the way back to Seat 34B. Flanked by two …

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 MENAHGA CHRISTMAS 1949

December has arrived in northern Minnesota. Harvest is past and the fields lie sere and spent, tufts of the first snowfall caught in their stubble. …

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 MENAHGA CHRISTMAS 1949

December has arrived in northern Minnesota. Harvest is past and the fields lie sere and spent, tufts of the first snowfall caught in their stubble. …

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THE BIOLOGY KIT

It came with my husband, this neat little kit in its black case, his purchase for his first semester in college at the University of …

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