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Whiff of Tabu stirs memories

It’s Tabu. No, this is not a column about “taboo” — some forbidden something. (Although I could probably come up with one.) Tabu is the ... Read more

by Nancy Blackmon, Wednesday, May 30, 2012 12:00 am

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A week of sweet memories

Pomp and circumstance, caps, gowns, diplomas — graduation is in the air. Hundreds of young men and women stand poised to step into the next ... Read more

by Nancy Blackmon, Wednesday, May 23, 2012 12:00 am

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Kids will like it, if no one else does

  There is a television commercial that caught my attention the other night. It was the song playing along with the wonderful happy images that ... Read more

by Nancy Blackmon, Tuesday, May 15, 2012 9:14 pm

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Walking one step at a time

One foot in front of the other, that is how I start my morning walk. I am not moving too fast, just one foot in ... Read more

by Nancy Blackmon, Wednesday, May 9, 2012 12:00 am

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In cornbread, there is life lesson

It is often simple things — for example making cornbread — that teach powerful lessons. Combine white corn meal, a bit of salt, flour and ... Read more

by Nancy Blackmon, Wednesday, May 2, 2012 12:00 am

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Wanta buy an O, anyone?

“Albino.” “Albino.” “Albino.” That is what it sounds like my daughter is saying as she walks up and down the hall between the living room ... Read more

by Nancy Blackmon, Wednesday, April 25, 2012 12:00 am

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Obviously, merthiolate affected me

It happened in a flash the way most cuts happen. I stepped back not looking and sent my foot into a sharp edge on my ... Read more

by Nancy Blackmon, Wednesday, April 18, 2012 11:42 am

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It’s that password thing again

Yet again, I forgot my iTunes password. I thought I knew it, thought I remembered the symbols I need to type to gain access to ... Read more

by Nancy Blackmon, Wednesday, April 11, 2012 12:00 am

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Spoiled by dishwasher

The hole in my kitchen cabinets smiles at me like a kid with a missing front tooth — rows of white straight doors (teeth) and ... Read more

by Nancy Blackmon, Wednesday, April 4, 2012 12:00 am

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Give me 25 more

It has been 25 years. As I type the words, I think about how that feels — the passage of 25 years. On one hand, ... Read more

by Nancy Blackmon, Wednesday, March 28, 2012 7:00 am

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