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Guarding the Flowers June 27, 2002

One of my favorite places to be is in my old Adirondack Chair (You can read all about the Adirondack on the web site) on the front porch on a summer evening. I love to read there or visit with the children or just watch them play on the lawn. It is usually cool there and I am surrounded by fragrant flowers bursting with color.
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Trouble on the Kokosing Gap Trail June 17, 2002

“You need to get more exercise,” they said. But when you weigh as much as I did that’s not as easy as it sounds. And on a perfectly innocent-looking day a few years ago it landed me in trouble.
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My First Ball Glove June 3, 2002

Every time we pass the Meijer Department Store on 28th Street in Grand Rapids I say; “That’s where I got my first ball glove.” And the family groans. Sometimes I don’t think they appreciate tradition like I do.
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