ArchiveDecember 2025

My New Year wishes to us

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Yet another year ends and a new one starts. I’m characteristically not disposed to list my accomplishments, nor my goals. Resolutions? Forget about that! 2025 for many of us—me included—was a mixed bag of uneasy mess, humdrum days, and grand moments of merriment and joy, as we went about our everyday living. And, oh my dear, the year whizzed by all too fast. Did yours? Yet I can point to...

The living legacy: where family stories meet life lessons

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A time sensitive invitation. Have you ever wished you’d captured the life stories of a loved one before they were gone? Or maybe you’ve wondered what stories and wisdom of your own you should leave behind? That box of old photos in the attic, those holiday traditions whose origins are now fuzzy, or that family recipe with missing steps because grandma just knew how much flour...

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