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My neighbors Roger and Betty Keefe must have wondered what I was doing in my garden a couple of weeks ago. After all, it was still February when the ground is usually as hard as a brick and you’d …
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John Howell
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3/13/12
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7 views
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“Patience” is not in the vocabulary of a 5-year-old.
I tried the word with granddaughter Sydney balanced on my knee and she spun around and looked me in the eye. Maybe she understood the …
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John Howell
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4/24/12
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7 views
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There’s something good to be said for losing things.
Of course, it doesn’t seem that way at the time, especially if it’s the car keys and you’re standing outside a locked car in the …
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John Howell
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12/4/12
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7 views
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Tony Deller eased into his chair, positioning the coffee and corn muffin I had brought to one side of the papers that I just removed from a wide envelope. He took an instant to assess his desktop, …
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John Howell
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3/20/12
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6 views
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Some things you can’t throw away.
It’s been at least a year since Ted called with an offer and a plea.
“Dad, I have a couple of printers. They work fine and one is wireless, maybe you …
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John Howell
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6/26/12
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6 views
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I’m not accustomed to having stowaways on my morning paddles.
Really there’s no room for travelers on an Alden Star, a 21-foot rowing scull not much wider than my butt. But then my passenger …
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William Geoghegan, Sports Editor
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9/18/12
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DECRIMINALIZE MARIJUANA: It has been proven that marijuana has substantial medical value for the treatment of certain diseases and afflictions. That’s a given. The arguments about restricting …
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Lonnie Barham
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3/29/12
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5 views
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Sometimes connections to the distant past are the best.
For years, Carol and I have been exchanging Christmas with Norm and Karen Blake. As boys of 10 years old, Norm and I didn’t live all that …
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John Howell
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2/19/13
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15 views
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CHARTER SCHOOL LOTTERIES: How can anyone still be opposed to charter schools after reading of the anguish, tears and heartbreak parents suffered last week when their children lost the lottery for …
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Lonnie Barham
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3/8/12
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4 views
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ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSORS: Just what was the Board of Governors for Higher Education thinking when they tentatively agreed to 3 percent annual pay raises for college professors for the next three …
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Lonnie Barham
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4/12/12
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4 views
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