November 15, 2024

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Happy New Year 2015! Excuse me, Are You Listening? 13-25

Rina Risper013 mins

 

Photo by Darryl Evans - 

Pure Enchantment Photography
 
Dear Readers,
 
FEELING SICK??? Have you checked your toxicity level? Take a few deep breaths, get out your pencil and make a list of people that you need to part with in 2015. Toxic people need to be eliminated from your life. 

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Excuse me are you listening? 13-24

Rina Risper06 mins

 Dear Readers,

There has been shift in my consciousness.  I am a mother of a teenager.  When I started the paper, Anissa was a baby.  She no longer wants to hear the stories about how funny she was or that she used to steal her brother’s food.

 

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Excuse me, Are you Listening? 13-23

Rina Risper06 mins

  Dear Readers,

 
Thanksgiving, Christmas and the holidays are the perfect time to plan dinners and try new recipes.  This holiday season, I can truthfully say that I am somewhat unprepared.  

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Excuse me are you listening? 13-22

Rina Risper010 mins

Dear Readers,

 
It has been an interesting two weeks.  I am on a cleaning splurge.  Happy new new year.  I plan on having my paper hoarding in order.  I did the kind of cleaning that makes more of a mess first.  It was the best type of cleaning.  It is even better when you use your shredder so much that it overheats. It is wonderful when you get to take trash to the dump and recycle items that can be. 

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OPINION: Michigan For Marriage

Rina Risper06 mins

  By Regina Calcagno

Coalition Manager
Michigan For Marriage
 
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” Thirty-two states in the union have recognized marriage equality, doubled from a year ago, and more than sixty-one percent of Americans live in marriage equality states. Despite this rapid progress around the country, Michigan lags behind as the people of our state impatiently wait for justice.
 

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Excuse Me, are you listening? 13-20

Rina Risper010 mins

  Dear Readers,

 
As adults, we may get caught in a rut of doing the same things over and over.  When that happens our children and others around us get caught in the same rut.  If you have not noticed we have been printing stories about travel.  Some places are as far away as China and others are close like Royal Oak, MI.  We have a responsibility to ourselves and those around us to encourage travel and broadening of the mind.

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Excuse Me, are you listening? 13-19

Rina Risper08 mins

  Dear Readers,

 
There is a lot going on in the world. These are very complicated and challenging times and may be depressing for many.  Mental illness and depression are serious business.

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Excuse Me, are you listening? 13-18

Rina Risper011 mins

 

Dear Readers,

 
It is that time of year when I begin to clean up my life.  I begin the process of getting ready for winter.  I prefer to do things without the hindrance of snow and a coat on.  It takes so much longer to do things when it is snowing.  

 

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Excuse me, are you listening? 13-16

Rina Risper09 mins

 

Dear Readers,

 
It always warms my heart when I get feedback from our readers.  Imagine what it is like in my neck of the woods.  I know that the newspaper moves quickly, however, I do not know each person who reads it.  It is odd in that kind of way.  When someone calls, emails or writes me a letter I am always intrigued.  When someone is waiting at the newspaper box for the delivery or in a waiting room reading the newspaper, I always start smiling.  It makes me feel connected, as I am now alone typing tucked away in a quiet corner of my office.

 

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