Welcome to 2023

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Welcome to 2023. If things feel a little more crowded, well, they should.

Very trying…trying on shoes

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Defying the stereotype, let me say I do not like buying shoes. I love owning shoes — all styles and colors and heights — but the actual process of purchasing them is second only to one other onerous task. We’ll get to that in a minute.

Anonymous generosity brings joy

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“Mom, someone’s here! I saw them coming in the driveway!”

Many parts falling apart

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Things are falling here. Not so much into place as, well, apart.

Christmas in the Vietnam War

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U.S. military forces are scattered around the world, and many men and women will not be home for the holidays. As you eat your meals this holiday season, ask the military and ex-military persons at your table to talk about a special holiday when they were serving their country and wishing they could be with family.

World Cup dust has finally settled

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It appears that the dust from the World Cup finally has settled. The people of Argentina are starting to go back to work after celebrating for a week; the people of Qatar have returned to pumping oil and building impossibly giant buildings; and here in the United States – well, nothing really ever was much different here.

Moving through grief one day at a time

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“Mom, don’t close your eyes,” said an anxious little voice by my side.

TV dinners used to be all the craze

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I remember eating TV dinners off a TV tray in front of the black and white television when I was a kid. This didn’t happen very often – my mother generally was a stickler for making sure everyone sat down together at the table at dinner time, so TV dinners were few and far between. Still, I looked on it as an adventure when it happened.

Optimize your brain health through diet

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DAYTON — New Year’s resolutions are often forgotten well before January reaches an end, but a recent study examining how to prevent cognitive decline suggests that one lifestyle change is worth holding onto: reducing ultra-processed food intake.

Guests flock to the Yoder family deck

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I’m here at my new desk. Well it’s not actually new, only new for me. I picked it up at a garage sale for free. So from this new spot in the office I look out the window and marvel.