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“Scree-scree!” is Spring break hawkish vernacular for “Excuse me, miss, do you come here often?”

“Scree-scree!” is Spring break hawkish vernacular for “Excuse me, miss, do you come here often?”

A WALK IN THE PARK—Spring break

Sponsored By Wood County Park District
Monday, April 24, 2023
by LeMoyne Mercer “WELL,”I SAID TO SHIRLEY, “I guess 187 pictures of turtles is probably enough for today.” It was March and Florida was attracting the usual influx of spring breakers. Even the turtles were acting frisky. Or as frisky as possible for turtles.
In Florida’s Big Cypress Preserve, the Bear Island campground with no facilities is reached via 24 miles of gravel road. Spent one week last winter. Two weeks this winter.

In Florida’s Big Cypress Preserve, the Bear Island campground with no facilities is reached via 24 miles of gravel road. Spent one week last winter. Two weeks this winter.

Way out in the boonies

Lemoyne Mercer Whatisyour
Monday, March 27, 2023
WHAT IS YOUR definition of “camping”? Does it involve making s’mores, cooking hot dogs on a stick, and gathering around the campfire to sing Kumbaya? Perhaps even sleeping in a tent? Right on the ground! Now, doesn’t that sound like fun? Actually, for some people it is.
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SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING—EarthDay.org

Sister Mary Thill
Monday, March 27, 2023
APRIL 22, 2023 IS EARTH DAY in our world, the 53rd one being observed by at least a billion of us on this planet. The theme this year is Invest in Our Planet. Check out the EarthDay.
Nobody's Perfect

Nobody's Perfect

NOBODY'S PERFECT—Awareness months can help us

Sister Karen Zielinski, Osf
Monday, March 27, 2023
“YOU SHOULD SUBSCRIBE TO Disease-a-Month journal.” Huh? At first, I thought my friend was joking with me. I thought she was teasing me—but she was not making it up. Just the title, to me, was weird. I could not imagine this magazine having a high circulation list.
Spiritually Speaking

Spiritually Speaking

Life is not an error

News Staff
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Life is not an error, even when it is. +Christian Wiman Doubting is not a sin. Nor does it denote a lack of faith. Lack of faith is a pure and simple disbelief. Doubting is an invitation to enter into the mystery more deeply, to go beyond the superficial.
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Make a four-hour commitment to volunteering

Lori Davis We Can Do So Much
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
WE CAN DO SO MUCH good with our time. Even if you have only a small window of free time with competing responsibilities and passions, all that our program asks from volunteers is four hours a month. Volunteers are an integral part of the Long-Term-Care-Ombudsman Program.
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Many people don’t plan for the reality of retirement

News Staff
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
MANY OF US AREN’T ADDRESSING the realities of retirement planning. Here are some of the worst mistakes being made today. Underestimating life expectancy Twenty-five years ago, insurance companies estimated life expectancy at 83 years.
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