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Spring Has Sprung (Issue 47)

About a year and half ago I moved from Atlanta to a little town in a historic district located northeast of Atlanta.
The house had recently been restored; complete with a fenced in backyard, security lights, and a large vacant lot between my house and a neighbor’s. The lot has a white picket fence with an [...]

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To A Louse (Issue 40)

I think it was Robert Burns who wrote the poem, To a Louse, in which he said, “oh what good ere would do us to see ourselves as others see us.”
It was a statement prompted by a time he was sitting in church behind a local high society woman, decked out in her jewels, finery, [...]

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Your Body Is Your Temple (Issue 38)

In this age of information, there’s no excuse for anyone to remain ignorant about what’s going on in your life relative to your health.
There is a continuous proliferation of information about disease, health, and cures coming from a variety of sources like your television, radio, magazines, newspapers and books, just to name a few.
Just this [...]

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Pinto Beans & Cabbage (Issue 35)

I moved from Atlanta to a little North Georgia town 18 months ago and realized yesterday I’m spending almost twice the amount I usually spend on groceries.
I cook meals from scratch most every day and am quite nutritionally minded. I decided I needed to rethink my cooking habits. Therefore, last night I soaked a dollar pack [...]

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The French Connection (Issue 5)

France and the French people have always held a certain fascination for me. They always look so good. Maybe it’s because of their attention to fashion and wine drinking habits, or language that adds to their charm. Whatever the reasons, they always seem so trim and well dressed, and I think of them as being [...]

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