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Paying It Forward: A Giveaway Story
About the Vases Last month, I received a wonderful, thoughtful gift from my friend, Diva In Demand. It was a lovely handmade necklace, but that was not all. Macy’s, through it’s purchase of artisan works, was helping Haitian craftspeople to support themselves and rebuild. I had to give something away if it would help a Read more
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End of year.
Tomorrow will be the last day of school, and while I have a bit of work (and driving) ahead of me, I am quite content to be finished with the 2011-2012 school year. It is hard to believe that this time last year we were looking forward to Al’s first year of high school (which Read more
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Monday News: Rodney King
Yesterday, Rodney King was discovered at the bottom of his Rialto, CA swimming pool and pronounced dead shortly afterwards. I thought it was ironic that he died the day of the silent march in New York City that protested the very type of profiling practices that played a major part in the videotaped police beating Read more
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