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Dec 24, 2013
There were four children standing together on the side of Stewart St. watching the Milton Christmas parade last weekend and I cannot get them out of my mind. They didn’t have a bag for the candy w…

Dec 24, 2013
I’ve been asked to speak at one of our elementary schools on career day next month. I’m really excited about explaining to elementary school students how the production of a newspaper has changed …

Dec 24, 2013
Kent was my friend. We met over the Internet and became friends five years ago. He was a police officer and he played in a band. He was having personal problems and we exchanged emails. I offered …

Dec 24, 2013
A lot of people have given up.  My father fell off a barn when I was about thirteen years old. He cracked his vertebrae and missed about six months of work. There was no unemployment insurance, or…

Dec 24, 2013
Some years in the recent past just didn’t feel like Christmas. I made a point this year to find Christmas this year and to enjoy it. And I have. The children in my life, I must admit, have h…

Dec 24, 2013
I know what a trillion looks like. One of my grandsons got his hands on a green stuffed dog…and older model. It was filled with little white balls of Styrofoam. I would guess it had about 10 tri…

Dec 24, 2013
Sunday 8:13 a.m. This is Chrys Holley. What a heartwarming column on your co-worker’s miraculous recovery after three month’s hospitalization. And getting off kidney dialysis confirms our awesome …

Dec 24, 2013
I often fall back on what I learned as a child when life gets tough. I don’t do it consciously. It is a part of who I am. This became really important to me for two reasons. The first being how mu…

Dec 24, 2013
I’ve spent the better part of this week with the photograph of Camille Riley in front of me. I didn’t put it there on purpose, but it seems every time I open a file or click into our website, there s…

Dec 24, 2013
I’ve been holding my breath for a week. Lots of events have happened in the past seven days. Some very excellent. One very sad. I realized around last Wednesday I was going to need to mov…
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