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They say it’s your birthdayWell, it’s my birthday too, yeahThey say it’s your birthdayWe’re gonna have a good timeI’m glad it’s your birthdayHappy birthday to you I would like you to dance(Birthday) Take a cha-cha-cha-chance(Birthday) I would like you to dance(Birthday) Dance, yeah, woo, come on (Come on) Taurus here.And Birthday Girl who has taken […]

Well. Here it is, nearing the end of April. You know what everyone needs near the end of April?I’ll tell you.  Cookies. “What?” you say.  “Cookies, Polly?  At the end of April?  Whatever for?” Well, I’ll tell you this too. You need cookies because your garden needs to be weeded, or because you aren’t going out

Just This Once By Linda Stowe “Just this once.” How many times have you said that? If you are like me, you have said it countless times. And this is where the problem lies because the just-this-once mentality can be a slippery slope. That one-time indulgence can lead to “just once more” and before you

Cows By Linda Stowe Cows are not party animals. If someone brags about staying out until the cows come home, you can expect him to return in the late afternoon. Why? Well, if you’re a cow who has spent all day grazing and making milk, your udder would start to get uncomfortably full around 5:00

Waaahhhh. Waaaaaaah.Oh, the sound of babies crying in the middle of the night.Surprisingly, this sound has not been heard very often at the White House.You see. Only 12 babies have been born in the executive mansion in its 218-year history.  Only one was the child of a sitting president. Esther Cleveland, daughter of Grover and

I worked for The Register-Herald for several years. When I started out there, I was one of three people in the “Composing Department.” We were in charge of taking the orders from our salespeople for the ads they had sold and then turning those work orders into advertisements for the newspaper. Our work was specific.

I, for one, am glad to be a Kronenberger. The name is unique. People always screw it up. But that is okay. It has lots of letters. I forgive them as such. Yes, I am happy for a longer, unique name. I don’t think I would like to have a common name, like Smith, or

Women’s Rights By Linda Stowe I’m beginning to think there is an organized effort to do away with all the political and social gains that women have had to plead and fight for over the past 100 years. I am no expert in this, but I feel the fingers of doubt beginning to knead at