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Guard Your Heart
Read MorePart 5 of a memoir of heart failure, open-heart surgery and complications One does not come so close to death as I did without learning many lessons along the way. As I continue to recover from heart failure, open heart surgery and its myriad complications,…
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Decoration Day
Read MoreIt is Memorial Day weekend in the United States, but in Appalachia, particularly West Virginia, it is more commonly referred to as “Decoration Day.” My parents, Carl J. and Cossette (Watring) Feather, seemed to have a standing engagement in West Virginia each May, for the…
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A garden far removed
Read MoreThe garden is so tired, yet the summer is not done with us, and so it attempts growth. A green pumpkin hangs tenuously onto the fence, a withered vine feigns support. I have no idea what it keeps it alive. A tomato plant blooms, as…
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In good company
Read MorePumpkins rest on the stone wall today. Other hands built the wall, but I grew the fruit, in a garden plot a hundred feet or so south of the wall. There are less than a dozen of pumpkins; most are small, too small for carving.…
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I don’t want to be a rock star
Read MoreThe following line is from a job description: This is a fantastic opportunity for a rock star creative who wants to help … We don’t need another rock star. And I sure don’t want to be one. Frankly, I’m sick of rock stars and divas,…
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Never had so many calls
Read MoreAre you lonely? Does your cell phone never ring? Do you have an afternoon to waste? Go to a website where you inquire about health insurance plans for individuals. Such was my Monday afternoon as I launched my search in the land of Obamacare. Excuse…
