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Peggy Keener: Ode to the unlovable garter belt

Who in a million bejillion years would have ever guessed that a pregnancy would be the inspiration for the invention of the pantyhose? But, it’s ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, November 3, 2023 5:11 pm

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Peggy Keener: Snap, crackle and crunch

You’re thinking Rice Krispies, right? And, you would be mistaken. Here’s a hint: In the U.S. on Super Bowl game day, an estimated 11.2 million ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, October 13, 2023 5:26 pm

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Peggy Keener: The power of a determined woman

On March 16, 1869, Austin, Minnesota was little more than a hamlet encircling a primitive public square made up of a thicket of scrub oak ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, September 29, 2023 5:04 pm

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Peggy Keener: The sticky pact between PB and me

So, here’s the deal. I love peanut butter. I mean seriously, I really, really do! For starters, it’s always dependably delicious. But more importantly, it ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, September 15, 2023 7:55 pm

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Peggy Keener: Romance behind the steering wheel

Raise your hand if your teenage life was enriched in the yummiest of ways by a good movie at the drive-in theater. Look! All the ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, September 1, 2023 5:01 pm

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Peggy Keener: Queen of the nail biters

It’s midnight. You know you should be asleep … but nothing can stop you from turning the page. You must find out what happens next. ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, August 18, 2023 5:20 pm

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Peggy Keener: The sassyest of sauces

I know. I know. I KNOW! It seems that everything is made in China. We just can’t get away from it. Sorry to tell you, ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, August 4, 2023 5:02 pm

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Peggy Keener: The frigid history of ice

Author’s note: I regret telling you that the 3rd Part of “Out of Darkness, A Light,” mysteriously vanished into such deep impenetrable cyberspace that I ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, July 21, 2023 5:42 pm

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From out of darkness, a light: Part 2

In his first year at the school for blind boys, Louis studied history, grammar, arithmetic and geography, but the subject he loved most was music. ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, July 7, 2023 5:34 pm

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Peggy Keener: From out of darkness, a light

Louis loved watching his father, a saddle maker in their small French village. To him, his father’s assortment of leather and tools were the center ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, June 23, 2023 5:41 pm

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Keener: From Out of Darkness, A Light

Louis loved watching his father, a saddle maker in their small French village. To him, his father’s assortment of leather and tools were the center ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, June 9, 2023 2:00 pm

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Peggy Keener: Words of wisdom

Do you realize that we have within each of us the capacity to make a difference? Indeed, we always, always have this never ending ability, ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, May 26, 2023 5:26 pm

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Peggy Keener: Passage to India

In 1988, when our daughter, Erin, was a student at Oxford University in England, she was given a fellowship to study for a year anywhere ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, May 12, 2023 6:38 pm

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Annie Lane: The day our sainted mother crumbled

My mother was ferociously fertile. Her fecundity was so powerful, all it took for her to get pregnant was to hear dad’s car pull into ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, April 28, 2023 6:06 pm

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Peggy Keener: When the arrow flew from cupid’s bow

There I was doing it again, staring for the umpteenth time. My eyes couldn’t stop roving his way as he always—mystifyingly always!—listened attentively up there ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, April 14, 2023 8:19 pm

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