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Peggy Keener: Does what bugs me, bug you?
So, here it is. I have some things that really rub me raw, vexing me in the most irritating of ways. Maybe it’s just me, ...
Peggy Keener, Author at Austin Daily Herald
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Peggy Keener: Hearts, roses … and a sour note
Now that Valentine’s Day is behind us and all that lovey dovey business is over, I thought it would be interesting to tell you some ...
by Peggy Keener, Friday, March 3, 2023 5:39 pm
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And then God was the decider
During the early years of the 1950s, the parishioners of the Central Presbyterian Church were in a heated debate over the costly repairs needed for ...
by Peggy Keener, Friday, February 17, 2023 5:47 pm
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Peggy Keener: The birth of a church
The scene: the outskirts of Oakland, MN, July 31, 1856. A group of worshipers is gathered under the shade of a widespread tree. They are ...
by Peggy Keener, Friday, February 3, 2023 5:51 pm
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Peggy Keener: Going out on a high note
To be the organist of Austin’s Central Presbyterian Church in the 1950s, one had to be recognizably talented, but also quick on the draw. You ...
by Peggy Keener, Friday, January 20, 2023 5:25 pm
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Peggy Keener: Memories from the dresser drawer
Some 50 years ago, we were living in Maryland sandwiched between our last home in Bangkok and our next home in Tokyo. It was the ...
by Peggy Keener, Tuesday, January 10, 2023 3:48 pm
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Peggy Keener: Virgin Christmas shoppers
Do you recall the first Christmas that the child in you became generous? I mean the first time you realized that Christmas was not all ...
by Peggy Keener, Friday, December 23, 2022 4:53 pm
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Peggy Keener: Tingle jingle tingle time
I have a story to tell. A true story. A significant emotional event that bears witness to the kind of power a teacher holds within ...
by Peggy Keener, Friday, December 16, 2022 5:45 pm
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Peggy Keener: The secret lives of carols
Christmas carols. We all know them and love them, but do we know the story behind them? Take “Jingle Bells” for example. With Santa and ...
by Peggy Keener, Friday, December 9, 2022 6:03 pm
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Peggy Keener: The rejected hero
Shavarsh Karapetyan was making the final push of a 13-mile run. With a 45-pound bag of sand strapped to his back, he was fueled by ...
by Peggy Keener, Friday, November 25, 2022 5:49 pm
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Peggy Keener: Random thoughtful thoughts
My mind is adrift as I sit at my laptop. What to confront you with in this column? Zap! Zap! … ideas whirl past my ...
by Peggy Keener, Friday, November 11, 2022 5:53 pm
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Peggy Keener: A girl’s bust friend
In my last column I featured my Warner’s long line girdle. I don’t wear it anymore, preferring now to have my flesh in free fall. ...
by Peggy Keener, Friday, October 28, 2022 5:45 pm
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Peggy Keener: Ode to the tummy tourniquet
In my lifetime, many things have sadly gone by the wayside—typewriters, dial phones, car bench seats and glass milk bottles with the cream on top. ...
by Peggy Keener, Friday, October 14, 2022 5:22 pm
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Peggy Keener: The sad/happy story of Big Cheeks
Big Cheeks led a life of misery. As the grandson of a slave, he was born in 1901 to a 16-year-old mother in a very ...
by Peggy Keener, Friday, September 30, 2022 4:57 pm
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Peggy Keener: It’s happened again
The high school class reunion—the only event in our lives when we know the age of everyone in the room. But, to be clear, this ...