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Peggy Keener

Full Circle: Remembering the treasured gourmands

Growing up in Austin in the 1940-50s would probably not have been described as a gastronomically exotic experience. Sure, we had lutefisk, church basement hot ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, February 23, 2019 9:45 am

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Full Circle: The signs of the times

It started in 1927, a simpler time when America began its romance with both the automobile and its roadways. Many of us remember the fundamental, ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, February 9, 2019 9:17 am

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Full Circle: A husband proves his mettle

I’ve been married for 60 years. On our second date, Glen and I decided we’d found our matches. It wasn’t as if we hadn’t “been ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, January 26, 2019 9:50 am

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Full Circle: Words, words … but, what do they say?

It’s 3 a.m.  I should be asleep. Instead, I’m lying in bed thinking; not deep thoughts about life and love, but rather quizzical thoughts about ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, January 12, 2019 9:34 am

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A new twist on some old lessons

There is an e-mail making the rounds which never fails to make me chuckle.  Additionally it forces me to think of what’s happening right now—the ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, December 29, 2018 9:10 am

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Practical Peggy plans the perfect party

In a restless ongoing pursuit of the perfect party, I am planning my holiday soiree. Preparations require deep thought.  You see, I have noticed that ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, December 15, 2018 8:12 am

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Peggy Keener: Quirky in the Far, Far … Really Far … East

July, 1962. Glen, our two baby sons and I have just landed in Tokyo after an utterly grueling 24-hour flight across the Pacific Ocean in ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, December 1, 2018 9:02 am

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C’mon … gobble gobble … gimme a break

In general, we Americans do not prepare an entire animal for a single meal. For example, we shy away from serving a whole cow, pig, ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, November 17, 2018 4:30 pm

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Peggy Keener: The meme that circled the world

Question: Can you guess what graffiti has been seen on such far reaching places as the wall of Osama Bin Laden’s home, just about any ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, November 3, 2018 7:05 am

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Full Circle: A most unlikely rock star

Who needs a voluptuously rhinestone-encrusted bra when a sensible, unforgiving, long-line Warner’s girdle will do? Who needs straggly bleach blond when ferociously tight curls engineered ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, October 20, 2018 11:12 am

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Settling down … or, up!

Recently I’ve come to a big realization. I love gravity.  In the Cool Department it’s one of the best things about living on this planet.  ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, October 6, 2018 10:10 am

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Roller skating without skates

One would think that any self-respecting squirrel would make his life inexorably easier by simply dining in my driveway. There he would find a cornucopia ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, September 22, 2018 9:44 am

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Full Circle: Better the second time around

Did you hear it?  Listen! There it is again. Like homing devices, your ears prick up as they swivel your feet in the direction of ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, September 8, 2018 10:49 am

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Full Circle: Stalking the stalks on a summer’s eve

As children growing up in Austin, we did something almost every summer evening. Once the sun went down, we kids lined up along the curb ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, August 25, 2018 8:30 am

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Full Circle: Life on the edge

Picture this: you are happy as can be, everything in your world copacetic. Then, completely unaware — as if in the grip of a raging ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, August 11, 2018 10:58 am

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