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Peggy Keener

Full Circle: Interesting, and amusing, lessons from spelling

SUOICODILAIPXECITSILIGARFILACREPUS. I tried holding this up to a mirror but it didn’t help. Any grade school student, however, could tell you what it says. It’s ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, June 23, 2017 5:07 pm

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Full Circle: A Fuller life … with a Fuller Brush

There it sits on the edge of my bathroom sink like a loyal sentry awaiting its next task. The white stubby handle is still white ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, June 9, 2017 7:43 am

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Full Circle: Church + Warner’s = Whoops!

Churches take themselves so darned seriously when, indeed, everyone knows what uproariously funny things happen in the Lord’s house. Case in point. Decades ago I ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, May 26, 2017 7:57 am

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Full Circle: Wonky is as wonky does

We love our children, right? We love everything about them. Right again? Moreover, their intentions are, without fail, always right-minded … even though at times ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, April 28, 2017 7:58 am

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Full Circle: What a difference 100 years makes

You’re in Hy-Vee. Walking past you are lots of people. Actually lots of old people. (Austin has many!) You look askance at these folks as ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, April 14, 2017 8:00 am

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Full Circle: Readin,’ ‘Ritin,’ ‘Rithmetic

September, 1944, my brother’s first day of school. Neil is the last of a prolific line of McLaughlin offspring who for the last four years ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, March 31, 2017 8:37 am

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Full Circle: Pin ups from our past

You’re thinking … yes, you are … that I’m going to talk about saucy gals like Betty Grable and Marilyn Monroe. Wrong! You, my friend, ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, March 17, 2017 8:43 am

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Full Circle: Fickle feckless February

Whoa! What happened to us last Friday? Talk about cranky. Mother Nature had some kind of a gnarly twist in her knickers to pull a ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, March 3, 2017 9:41 am

News

Full Circle: Fly away, fly away … you Winter Weenies

I’ve been giving some serious thought to our fellow Austinites who disappear as soon as the frigid weather threatens. They’re labeled Snow Birds. Harumph! I’m ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, February 17, 2017 9:31 am

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Full Circle: Cherish those feet — they’re what hold you up

2 a.m. As is often the case, I am wide awake, unable to remember a night when I slept from the moment I read myself ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, February 3, 2017 9:01 am

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Full Circle: Getting the boot

Gallus: strap to hold up pants Galosh: winter footwear Goulash: church ladies’ noodle concoction Vowels matter. Shift them a bit to the left or the ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, January 20, 2017 10:19 am

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Full Circle: The angst of relinquishing

It’s here, folks. 2017! Deep in my heart of hearts, I know this to be true: in order to properly refresh ourselves so that we ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, January 6, 2017 9:19 am

Columnists

The song the sparked a brief WWI truce

This series would not be complete without an explanation of “Silent Night.” In 1818, a roving band of actors was performing through the Austrian Alps. ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Sunday, December 25, 2016 7:01 am

Columnists

A most misunderstood song

“The Twelve Days of Christmas” is perhaps the most misunderstood Yuletide song of all. For starters people believe the twelve days are the ones leading ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, December 24, 2016 6:00 pm

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The rest of the Christmas story: The real Grinch who stole Christmas

I now tell you the true story of a customs broker named John Duval Gluck, Jr. What? You don’t know him? Well, neither did I! ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, December 23, 2016 9:16 am

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