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Full Circle: New Year parties remembered

New Year.  A time to reflect. Does that mean looking in the mirror? Hope not, as that is no way to start off 2018 … ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, January 5, 2018 7:37 am

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Full Circle: ‘Then suddenly there it was before us!’

Christmas, 1987. Tokyo It was to be yet another holiday season without family, something we had grown all too used to after living for decades ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Thursday, December 21, 2017 7:49 am

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Full Circle: The Twelfth Month

December.  The tingling time.  It happens every year right on schedule, never failing, never getting old.  As the calendar page flips, a special kind of ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, December 9, 2017 1:28 pm

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Full Circle: Color me bland

Have you, perchance, ever noticed how beige our Thanksgiving meals are? Beige turkey, beige dressing, beige gravy, colorless mashed potatoes, ditto for the bread, dingy ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Thursday, November 23, 2017 8:02 am

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Full Circle: Really ishy bird bodies

I’m no friend of turkeys. This is because there are so many undesirable appendages on their bodies. Appendages I try not to touch. For starters ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Wednesday, November 8, 2017 8:05 am

Full Circle

Peggy Keener: Romance on the range a tumultuous ride

As a young girl, I was an affable sort who seldom entertained evil thoughts about anything or anyone. All that changed on the day I ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Thursday, October 26, 2017 7:43 am

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Full circle: Queen of the Jungle

Folks who did not live in Austin during the late-1940s to mid-50s may believe they had a cultural upbringing. Au contraire!  They did not for ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Thursday, October 12, 2017 8:44 am

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Book donations equal library programs

You may wonder where the books you so generously donate to the Friends of the Library Used Book Sale actually go?  Please know that every ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Wednesday, October 11, 2017 7:45 am

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Full Circle: Hanging out with the neighbors

“What,” asks the puzzled child, “is a clothesline?” Can it be true that we are the last generation to remember the formerly ubiquitous backyard clothesline ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Thursday, September 28, 2017 8:15 am

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Full Circle: More blessed to give … books

The Friends of the Library have some questions for you. Is your daughter (who once cherished  “Dora the Explorer,” but is now infatuated with “Zombie ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Thursday, September 14, 2017 8:22 am

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Full Circle: Unfair fair fare foe

Seems the Minnesota State Fair is not the only place that serves unfair fair food.  That rascally Texas, would you believe, is trying to beat ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, September 2, 2017 8:57 am

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Full Circle: Unfair Fair fare galore

Come on! Did you really think I could read about the new menu for the upcoming Minnesota State Fair and not comment on it? Why, ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, August 19, 2017 1:41 pm

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Full Circle: Hail the King

Main Street. June 9, 1954. I was waiting on the sidewalk outside The Square Deal Grocery, my father’s store …. currently Twice Is Nice.  Bunched ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, August 5, 2017 1:14 pm

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Full Circle: Satan made me say it

Every church has them, no faith excluded. What could I be talking about? Why, the church bulletins, of course! They’re ecumenical! Ubiquitous! But, who is ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, July 22, 2017 7:45 am

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Full Circle: Blushin’ brushin’ Dale

How about that! I write a column about Fuller brushes and guess what? A Fuller Brush Man appears! Who knew? Didn’t we think they were ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, July 7, 2017 8:31 am

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