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A Gift that Meets Our Need Is The Very Best

  “Oh. It’s only clothes. “I had an idea when I was younger that all Christmas presents should be something you don’t need. I think others helped me in forming this idea. Gradually my idea of the perfect present has … Continue reading

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Guilty till Proven Innocent Beyond the Shadow of a Doubt

  In the life of a young couple I know the traditional idea of American law has been turned on it’s head. Not innocent until proven guilty beyond a shadow of doubt but the reverse has been the treatment they … Continue reading

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Pain and Poetry on a Drizzly Day

“I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me and what can be the use of him is more than I can see”,Robert Louis Stevenson   The day began with awareness of the feeling of broken glass … Continue reading

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Hello world!

Welcome to Wouldn’tchaknow it!   The sun is shining and I am starting anew with this my old column from my newpapering days!   I’ve been considering it for a year or more and today with #6 and #5 having … Continue reading

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