Peggy Keener, Author at Austin Daily Herald

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Peggy Keener: Rock around the bedrock, Flintstones chiseled out top spot

Bursting out of her doctor’s office, Wilma squealed, “Yabba-dabba-do, Fred. You’re going to be a father! A tiny pebble is on the way!!! And thus, ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, October 11, 2024 5:25 pm

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Peggy Keener: Want s’more smores, Milton?

Since he was a kid, Milton S. Hershey had a sweet tooth. A really, really sweeeeet tooth. So much so that in 1873, when he ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, October 4, 2024 5:14 pm

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Peggy Keener: What it means to be a neighbor

When was the last time someone asked you to be his neighbor … and really and truly meant it? Well, I can tell you exactly ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, September 13, 2024 8:22 pm

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Peggy Keener: Help whether you want it or not

My friend Lee recently loaned me a book that is a treasure trove of good, down to earth ideas for every facet of our lives. ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Saturday, August 31, 2024 8:38 am

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Peggy Keener: The world is so darned complex

Have you ever wished you were someone other than yourself? I don’t mean that you would suddenly morph into Miss America, Einstein, or even Elvis. ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, August 16, 2024 5:19 pm

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Peggy Keener: Josephine Rogers’ unyielding conviction

In late June of 1863, warnings of approaching Confederate forces were everywhere. In the small town of Gettysburg, its 2,400 residents had long been plagued ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, August 2, 2024 5:24 pm

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Peggy Keener: Letting Go

Every month, Martin’s parents embarked on a journey to visit grandma, returning home on the same train the following evening. One day the young son ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, July 19, 2024 5:09 pm

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Peggy Keener: The life (and death) of a bombshell

Born in Los Angeles on June 1, 1926, Norma Jean Mortenson Baker began her life as an orphan. Through sheer determination, however, she turned herself ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Tuesday, July 9, 2024 5:31 pm

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Peggy Keener: Things you need to know

Hear Ye, Hear Ye ! It’s time for all the news that’s fit to print as comes to us through ‘‘The Week” magazine. ••• The ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, May 31, 2024 5:15 pm

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Peggy Keener: Rub-a-dub-dub

Question: what has a shiny corrugated two-sided metal plate framed in wood? Everyone of our mothers had one. Heck, everyone of us probably had one. ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, May 17, 2024 5:27 pm

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Peggy Keener: The four stages of man are infancy, childhood, adolescence and obsolescence

I want to share with you the life of someone who it would be fair to say, we all admired … and even loved. This ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, May 3, 2024 5:25 pm

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Peggy Keener: America’s first house … that white one

Toward the end of the War of 1812, when James Madison was president, the British burned “our house” to the ground. The building was already ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, April 19, 2024 5:21 pm

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Peggy Keener: The inexplicable Easter Bunny

Please read to the end. We would agree, without question, that Easter is a deeply religious holiday, but would we also concur that it is, ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, April 5, 2024 5:21 pm

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Peggy Keener: A caste system of a different kind

I recently finished reading the book “Caste – The Origins of Our Discontents” by Isabel Wilkerson. It is a book all Americans should read; a ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, March 22, 2024 5:47 pm

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Peggy Keener: Loved by all; a true American gem

Test. Who is this? Born in 1927. Wrote over four-thousand newspaper columns and fifteen books, most of which became bestsellers. The columns were read by ... Read more

by Peggy Keener, Friday, March 8, 2024 5:10 pm

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