Facts-n-Hints,
By Mona Lease
Hi, all!! I thought since the Great Darke County Fair is here and
school is around the corner - I'd make this column more "reader
friendly" - if you will. Things That Ruin The Skin 1)Too much chlorine.
2)Too much coffee. 3)Sleeping with make-up applied. 4)Popping pimples.
5)Skipping meals. 6)Long, hot showers. 7)Testing too many products.
8)Not drinking enough water. 9)Too much talking on the phone...
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No
Worries!?
By Mona Lease
Hi, all!! I need to see my eye Dr. - who is now retired. No worries -
he left associates to replace him. I called to schedule an appointment.
Three Drs - take your pick. No worries. Now to the insurance - of
course - they want to be paid before you even get there. My insurance
is United Health Care. Are the Drs "in network" or "out of network?"
Now the worries start. OK - maybe not worries. But - hassles...
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Darke
County Senior Scribe… It’s
Fair
Time Again, By Lois Wilson
Once again Senior Scribe Poet Laureate Lois Wilson is on top of our
favorite times of the year with her insightful look at the important
events of the day. This time it’s the Great Darke County Fair. Wilson
offers four poems, each addressing a different look at what visitors
will find during fair week… check them out: Hair Raising,
Milking
TV, Medlesome Moo-Ves and Under a Cloud. Wilson's completed set... read
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“Missed
Opportunities ~ Missed Blessings” By Art
Garland
“Geesh! So many things on my list I need to get done
today!” Tossing them all around in my mind, driving from one
appointment to another I come upon a stop sign. Stopping, I
look
to the right then left, then right again and slowly begin to pull away.
I had noticed a woman in the street with many bags falling all around
her feet. My first thought was not on this woman, but of my
next
appointment... read
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What
Have We
Accepted? By Mona Lease
Hi, all!! So - for the disturbing phone calls I mentioned last week -
and the added conversations I had in public places: 1)A guy told me his
Father died and there was no funeral. He lowered his head and changed
the subject. 2)A young man told me I am living in the '70's. It is now
acceptable for an attached girl (married or not) to have male friends
and do things with them while the boyfriend (or husband)... read
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Cherry
Tree,
By Abraham Lincoln
I have been watching my new cherry tree growing and this is the fourth
year since I planted it—a bare root specimen that I ordered from Miller
Nursery and it arrived by UPS along with two apple trees. The apple
trees began producing apples the second year and were not the kind you
see in the grocery store. I picked one or two off and noted they were
covered with scabs and that I would have to begin... read
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Needful
Stuff,
By Mona Lease
Hi, all!! After a couple of disturbing phone calls - disturbing to me
anyway - I thought I'd just take a break from it all and give you
readers something useful and fun, too. Enjoy!! 10 Brilliant Uses For
Beer: 1) Restore volume to limp hair. Mix 3 T of beer with a 1/2 cup of
water. Rinse out the shampoo, apply the beer mixture and wait 5
minutes. Rinse. 2) Quick clean and season cast iron. Pour fresh beer...
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