Category: reading
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My mother Irene would be the first to blame good genes for her longevity. After all, her mother, Yvonne, lived to 105, and Yvonne traveled independently until she was about 102, visiting kids, grandkids and greatgrandkids all over Canada and the United States. I think Irene’s love of life and curiosity about the world may…
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When I was a paid laborer, I set an alarm and woke up to the radio, a news program every morning. I liked it better than the pulsing of an alarm, that warm articulate voice bringing the news of the day. Then came the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. It took me, perhaps, a few…
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I want to spend some time this month considering the people who called the Willamette Valley home for thousands of years. Congress and then-president George Bush in 1990 set aside November to recognize the contributions of Native Americans, and I appreciate that effort as a reminder for me to learn more. Here in Oregon the…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 