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Peggy Keener: The rest of your holiday nightmare

Hold up your hand if you’ve ever flown to a near (or far) destination accompanied by your perfectly ...

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Peggy Keener: Croquet to shopping … it’s all here

Way, way back in roughly 1630, the Italians crafted a game  they called “Pallamaglio “.   It consisted ...

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Peggy Keener: The elusive perfect smile

When I was in fourth grade, I thought that if I could only have glasses, braids and braces ...

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Peggy Keener: May we all rest in peace

The first meeting of Austin’s “Mite Society and Cemetery Association” was held at the home of Mrs. J.L. ...

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Peggy Keener: ‘What,’ asks the puzzled child, ‘is a clothesline?’

Can it be true that we are the last generation to remember the former ubiquitous backyard clothesline?  The ...

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Peggy Keener: The signs of our former times

It all began in 1927, a simpler time when America began its romance with both the automobile and ...

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Peggy Keener: Flake …. by flake …. by flake

Snow … as much a part of our Minnesota life as is breathing. But, other than shoveling it–and ...

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Peggy Keener: News flashes, good and bad, wonky and true

Whether these dispatches are all the news that’s fit to print, you’ll have to decide. Sliding onto the ...

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Peggy Keener: Old thoughts revisited and revised

As 2024 fades, we can easily see how old interpretations become new again. With that in mind, it ...

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Peggy Keener: The holiday treat that never retreats – ever!

Fruitcake factoid. All fruitcakes are not created equal. I discovered this early on as a small child when ...

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Peggy Keener: Magazine evokes American nostalgia

What very popular American magazine links its history to Benjamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette? You’re never going to get ...

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Peggy Keener: Who knew Nov. 11 was such a big deal?

But, first here are a couple of newsy must-know items. Were you aware that  currently the average price ...

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Peggy Keener: When Jessica became America’s baby A

Viewers around the world were glued to their televisions on Oct. 16, 1987. You, too, may well remember ...

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Peggy Keener: Baby news that rocked the world

On July 25, 1978, our world learned of a medical marvel unlike anything it had ever known. A ...

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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 ...

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