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Nancy Blackmon

Looking into an abuser’s eyes

It was a hard to read story about pain inflicted on a child. Part of me wanted not to know, had a strong urge not ... Read more

by Nancy Blackmon, Wednesday, July 28, 2010 10:57 am

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Naked truth about toenails

I am balancing on one leg with my other foot propped on the bathroom counter. As I wobble from side to side, I study my ... Read more

by Nancy Blackmon, Wednesday, July 21, 2010 12:00 am

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Kissing game sets him spinning

“The past comes upon you like smoke on the air. You can smell it and find yourself gone. To a place that you lived without ... Read more

by Nancy Blackmon, Wednesday, July 14, 2010 9:52 am

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Local herbalist competing for his ‘Own’ show

When Oprah Winfrey ends her talk show in a few months, she leaves Chicago, and launches the Oprah Winfrey Network from Los Angeles. An Andalusia ... Read more

by Nancy Blackmon, Thursday, July 8, 2010 11:59 pm

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She’ll honor mosquitoes … ’til they bite

Ah, it is summertime in South Alabama — hot muggy days, long sultry nights, the sweet taste of a cold drink, and the aggravation of ... Read more

by Nancy Blackmon, Wednesday, July 7, 2010 1:03 am

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Memories of grandma, aprons

Mother found them in the bottom of an old basket she cleaned out the other day. They lay there for years waiting for discovery on ... Read more

by Nancy Blackmon, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 12:00 am

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Are you spending time well?

It is interesting how humans break life up into neat little packets we call time. Seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, years, decades, and centuries marking ... Read more

by Nancy Blackmon, Wednesday, June 23, 2010 12:00 am

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Living a life I didn’t write

It is amazing how 40 years passed in the blink of an eye, but that is exactly what happened. One second I stood with my ... Read more

by Nancy Blackmon, Friday, June 18, 2010 3:53 pm

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Stray brought family joy

She showed up on our doorstep about 11 years ago. We always wondered how she got there because she was so small she could not ... Read more

by Nancy Blackmon, Wednesday, June 9, 2010 12:00 am

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Let’s help Millie and Moe

There it was a tiny, living water creature doing what tiny water creatures do – scurrying along the sand underneath the waters of a Louisiana ... Read more

by Nancy Blackmon, Wednesday, June 2, 2010 10:34 am

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