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Peggy Keener

Full Circle: Golly, Mr. Gandhi

I’ve always admired Mahatma Gandhi.  As a child I thought he was Scottish. You know, Mahat McGandhi.  Then I found out his true name was ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Sunday, July 29, 2018 11:00 am

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Full Circle: Embracing the Muggies

As of late, Austin’s weather has been a hysteria of sloppy sog and sweltering heat. Some days the air has felt like congealed gossamer.  Inhaling ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, July 14, 2018 8:01 am

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Full Circle: The perplexing Game of (Public) Thrones

What’s a girl to do?   In the loo?  I mean public toilets. You see, anymore they downright confluster me. Once I was able to ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, June 30, 2018 9:12 am

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Full Circle: The fluff that helped save America

In spring, some yards are a virtual dandelion vineyard where their pre-blossom fuzz drifts throughout the neighborhood squeezing the life out of any blade of ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, June 16, 2018 8:49 am

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Full Circle: The phoney baloney of fortunes read

Who among us has not had, or wanted to have, their fortunes told?  After all, it tickles our fancies to learn if we’re going to ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, June 2, 2018 9:14 am

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Full Circle: Ring around her shoulders

It’s the 1940s and the weather has just turned chilly.  You are entering an Austin church.  Any church will do, as doctrine does not matter.  ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, May 19, 2018 9:44 am

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Full Circle: Our purple paper past

The time is any year in the 1940s and 50s. You’re sitting in your classroom surrounded by your friends when your teacher comes through the ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, May 5, 2018 9:19 am

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Full Circle: The horror of the snore

First there was the bare ground. Then a sprinkling of pine needles, leaves and grasses was added. Next came a sack filled with straw followed ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Monday, April 23, 2018 8:28 am

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Full Circle: Puddle in the snow

In the wee hours of a recent March morning, I was awakened by raindrops on the roof. In a half-sleep I listened to them as ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, April 7, 2018 10:41 am

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Hazardous Haute Couture

Coats. How fashionably chic we Austin folks look in them when in early November winter begins. It’s all downhill from there.  Seems that by mid-winter ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, March 24, 2018 10:58 am

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Minnesota really, really nice

Seems we Minnesotans are recognized for something special.  You’ve heard it … “Minnesota Nice.” Quite a claim and not one to be taken lightly.  But, ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, March 10, 2018 9:36 am

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An unremarkable remarkable woman

Two factoids you may not know: 1. The inspiration for the Energizer Bunny came from right here in Austin. 2. The word “perky” didn’t exist ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, February 24, 2018 10:52 am

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Full Circle: The Rulers of Order

Pause. Reflect. Try to imagine your existence without … without … yes, without your garbage man! Your ever faithful steward, never faltering, reliable, trustworthy garbage ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, February 10, 2018 12:58 pm

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Full Circle: One Child’s Journey

In his crib on a hot Thursday morning in August of 1952, little Jeff Neve awoke with a fever. His parents suspected teething. This could ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Monday, January 22, 2018 7:24 am

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Full Circle: A Dark Time Remembered

Polio.  The very sound of the word chilled us into a paralytic panic. There was absolutely no hiding from it and there was no predicting ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, January 20, 2018 5:15 pm

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