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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 ...
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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 ...
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Peggy Keener: Despair was his middle name
Twelve-year-old Addie felt out of place at his sister’s teenage party even though he was in his own ...
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Peggy Keener: Super processed, super yummy
The year was 1889. Emil Frey, an immigrant from Switzerland, was having problems—actually two problems—one good and one ...
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Peggy Keener: America’s darlingest dimpled diplomat — Continued
Editor’s note: This is the continuation of Saturday’s column. As she entered adolescence, Temple’s box-office popularity swiftly lost ...
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Peggy Keener: America’s darlingest dimpled diplomat
She was the recipient of numerous awards including the Kennedy Center Honors, a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement ...
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Peggy Keener: To bee or not to bee
What woman hasn’t, for at least one fleeting moment in her life, wondered what it would be like ...
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Peggy Keener: May, a month of dipsy days
Recently, a fascinating bit of May information has been brought to my attention. You may have never heard ...
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Peggy Keener: A short, but uplifting tale
Many decades ago when I first lived in Tokyo—sometimes referred to as the dark side of the moon—a ...
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Peggy Keener: The indefatigable Eleanor
Even before Eleanor Roosevelt became First Lady she wore many hats. She was a covert operative editing all ...
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Peggy Keener: The screaming fury of silence
During our long stay in Asia, we experienced a number of hurricanes. While living on tiny Okinawa (70 ...
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Peggy Keener: A boy finds his voice
Bavaria in 1934 was not only a bad place, but it was also a bad time. This was ...
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Peggy Keener: The curious case of the abominable shower
Rivaling the Secret Service, the FBI and Military Intelligence, our country’s most discreet institution is the sagacious housekeeping ...
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Peggy Keener: When Spelling Matters. Watters?
Tokyo, 1962. Glen, our two baby boys and I have recently arrived in Japan. We’ve been living in ...
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The day I was touched by an angel
The setting was a large meeting room filled with row upon row of metal folding chairs. There was ...