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Peggy Keener: Fancy fare for Fido

“Do not feed the dog at the table!” Mom reprimanded us.  Still, how many times did we continue ...

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Peggy Keener: Cerealously serious cereal

Snap, crackle and pop! If you can tell me what those words represent, then you, my friend, are ...

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The unfailing fervor of fruitfulness

Quiz. Why did God invent teeth? 1. So we could smile and not look all gummy. 2. So ...

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Peggy Keener: Glorious and bountiful bat scat

Never in the deepest recesses of my mind did I ever dream I would one day write a ...

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Keener: Tick-Tock— or is it Tock-Tick?

Hmmmm, not sure. But, have you ever really thought about why it is that we do say “tick-tock” ...

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The demise of a family member

Oh, Aunt Jemima, you’re gone. In the heaviness of my heart, I cannot let your passing go unnoticed ...

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Death on the far side of the world

Part 6: True account from Peggy’s memoir “Potato In A Rice Bowl” As Glen, Gordon and I lay ...

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Death on the other side of the world

Part 5:  True account from Peggy’s memoir,  “Potato In A Rice Bowl” Submerged up to my chin in ...

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Death on the far side of the world, Part 4

During a storm at sea, there is little a capsized person can do to be seen. While being ...

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Death on the far side of the world

Part 3 of a true account from Peggy’s memoir “Potato in A Rice Bowl” Through the waves, Glen ...

Columnists

Death on the far side of the world

This tale is true. I should know for it happened to me. Here is my story as I ...

Opinion

A woman of steel

She was born “Thelma Catherine.” Not liking the name “Thelma,” her father called her “Babe.” Her friends, however, ...

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Funny, frightening, freaky fears

The human psyche is a wobbly stockpile of the inexplicable. What makes us people tick? Or tock? And ...

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Our school system is Austinishing

In my hand I am holding a very old, heavily sepia-toned article from a vintage Austin Daily Herald. ...

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He had a dream

Remember way, way back when you, with your childish voice, revealed to your family your dreams? Dreams like ...

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