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member name: Ruth MacGill
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October 07, 2007 07:58 AM EDT -- A pounding on a door awakens me.  I hear a man’s voice yelling, “Let me in!”  I fumble for a light and turn it on. I do not recognize this room wherein I sleep. The walls . . . more
March 12, 2007 10:57 AM EDT --   Should Workers Who Smoke Be Penalized?    Every morning between 5 and 6 a.m. my dog, Smokey Joe, convinces me it’s time for him to go out and chase coyotes, I usually move from . . . more
September 28, 2007 11:40 AM EDT --  I am absolutely riveted to the TV screen as I watch Ken Burn’s production of World War II, and in particular how it affected average families all over the United States. I think Burns has done . . . more
October 31, 2009 04:02 PM EDT -- My beautiful bouquet of birthday roses In rare shades of pink and tangerine, Received at their peak of freshness with Drops of water shimmering on their petals; Each rosebud greeting me . . . more
February 10, 2007 12:32 PM EST -- Smokey Joe’s Woes   It has been over two weeks since Smokey Joe went walking with my daughter Jane, and Sheba, the pit bull mother of three mixed breed puppies. At about nine months old, . . . more
February 20, 2007 08:46 AM EST -- Hatfield the Rainmaker Did It In Campo   It happened 91 years and about a month ago before this ano domini 2007. There were a series of rainstorms during January, 1916 in San Diego County that . . . more
February 23, 2007 08:35 PM EST -- I Chickened Out at Nursing   Back in 1940, I flunked myself out of nursing school at St. Lukes Hospital in NYC because I gave Milk of Magnesia instead of mineral oil to a patient. I decided that . . . more
November 29, 2006 03:06 PM EST -- Jenny and the Mohawk Wrestler (second version)   Jake and Jenny, were a lively couple who were born in the 1880s and lived until the mid-twentieth century. They lived near Boston in a typical New . . . more
August 31, 2009 03:14 PM EDT --  I want to tell you about two books – one I read last week and already returned to the library, and one I am still reading. The one from last week is T he Broken Window by Jeffrey Deaver. . . . more
October 30, 2009 01:07 AM EDT -- By that I mean to his eternal home. There are floods of tears being held back unsuccessfully around here tonight. He has been sick and failing fast for several months. Jane took him to the vet who said . . . more
October 18, 2008 10:09 AM EDT -- I have just read a heart-wrenching story on Gather by my good friend Debbie G. She hasn't been feeling well lately, and this is the first article by her I have found in a long time. It is called . . . more
July 25, 2008 01:11 PM EDT -- Forrest was my favorite cat, except for my 10-year-old yellow tabby, long-haired Buddy. I guess I loved them equally. Forrest was a white cat with faint yellow tabby markings on his head, back, legs . . . more
June 13, 2008 12:23 AM EDT -- My daughter Jane and I started our day with a cat funeral. Her cat Jenny died last evening after a long illness. My daughter can't stand to let her pets go without a her best effort to keep them alive, . . . more
January 04, 2007 02:22 PM EST --    A Lady From Hell    Ladies From Hell is what the German soldiers called the men of The Black Watch, during World War One. They are those very big and fierce fighters who are often . . . more
May 30, 2007 07:15 AM EDT -- Memories of Life and Death in Tidewater Virginia   I’m having another night of not being able to get back to sleep. The coyotes serenaded us a while ago, and I am so wide-awake I might . . . more
May 31, 2007 03:41 PM EDT -- Memories of Life and Death in Tidewater Virginia - Conclusion   While our husbands were on a cruise to the Arctic, my friend Mae and I, with my two small children, lived next door to each other . . . more
October 25, 2007 11:29 AM EDT -- The focus of the four local TV stations at 6:30 a.m. this Thursday, Oct. 25 is on the 42 or more shelters around the county, and the groups of people who are bringing them supplies. One group of students . . . more
March 22, 2009 07:41 PM EDT -- This small house, built like a shoebox, is set on a bleak and windy mountainside. A small room with a large unadorned window was added on one side of the house. A wide rack of open shelves . . . more
 
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