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A Gift Accepted With Grace
If you’re lucky enough to be invited to Barbara Crane’s house for dinner, you’ll be greeted warmly by a hostess born into the art of Southern hospitality, before being seated at an elegant table set with china and crystal from her collection.
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Service Nurtures Loyalty for Local Merchants
George Weiss wrote a letter to the editor last week that shared pertinent research and also let us...
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A Father's Day Tribute
Our father's live forever in our consciousness. Their interactions with us crucially impact our sense of self and how we interpret...
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The Dynamics of Loss
Many of us who live here are currently mourning the loss of Stu Saffer who was the original creator of the...
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Rediscover the Magic
Have you lost your feeling of connection with yourself, your familial relationships or your friendships? If that is happening, what is the...
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Emotional Etiquette
Do you have friends or relatives that you don’t like talking to because they interrupt, invalidate, shut you down, give you quick and...
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Core Competence
A hallmark of personal competence is the ability to make discerning choices. Choosing well requires the mental work of uncovering, discovering and committing...
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Irish Eyes Are Smiling
The cause of my happy eyes isn't because of St Patrick's Day this year. A few weeks ago, I discovered the...
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Nothing Personal
Are you familiar with the term Machiavellianism? According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it is defined as “the employment of cunning and duplicity...
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The Personal is Political
Carol Hanish's essay written in 1970 questioned whether women's consciousness-raising groups were a useful part of the political women's movement.
In the...
My Irish Eyes are Smiling
Editor,
The opening of Christian O’Reilly’s “Chapatti,” at our Playhouse last Sunday (Jan. 15) was such a fulfilling experience, I have to give a shout...
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Timely and Timeless
“Fate carries its own clock,” Pearl Bailey, “The Raw Pearl” (1968)
The first few weeks of the New Year have most of...
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Wisdom’s Secrets
This election season has rocked the foundation of many of us. It is noteworthy how many have shared that they feel unhinged, unsettled...
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Taking Stock
Since we are currently invited daily to swim in a cesspool of political negativity, let's make a decision to take a deep breath...
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Imaginative Perception
When we have a breakdown in our love relationships, our friendships or our familial ties, it often comes down to the loss of...