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Opinion

Keeping it simple

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I enjoy a challenge and the intricacies of angling, but I also love to catch fish. My bass bag has been whittled down to about five or six go-to plastics, from the dozens and dozens of worms, lizards, tubes and creature baits I had stashed in it as a younger angler. I’d rather set up, drop ...

Scoped out

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The human body requires a thorough checkup from time to time to see if anything is amiss or if something has worn out and needs to be replaced. It’s very similar to owning a car. It had been over a decade since my last colonoscopy, as my primary care physician frequently noted. I was long ...

Books and Beyond

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“I Was Dancing,” by Edwin O’Connor, c 1964. The narrator of this book is Daniel, and he is 77 years old now. He refers to himself as “Waltzing Daniel Considine” (p. 48). The other people we meet in Chapter One are Daniel’s son Tom, his wife Ellen, several of Daniel’s friends, ...

On the Porch

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Inauguration Day occurs every four years on Jan. 20 (or Jan. 21 if Jan. 20 falls on a Sunday). The inauguration ceremony takes place at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C. The date of Jan. 20 is due to the 20th Amendment. The 20th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on Jan. 23, ...

Managing aging parents’ finances: What to know

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Making financial decisions takes time, attention and energy at any age. In the case of elderly adults, it may become increasingly difficult to manage finances, particularly if their health is declining or they’re experiencing a cognitive issue. If you’re providing support to aging parents ...