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business May 15, 2020

Looking at the Law; Give Your Family the Gift of Clarity

By Greg D. Crosslin Estate Planning isn’t just about what happens to your assets after you have passed. It is also about protecting yourself and your loved ones now! This includes having a plan for making critical decisions in the event you are unable to make them yourself. This can be from a critical medical […]

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music May 15, 2020

30 A Songwriter Radio: Trying to Make Sense

By Josette Rhodes, 30A Songwriter Radio I am having a hard time deciding what to write this month. There are so many talented musicians to choose to feature. But my heart is just not in that space today. There are a multitude of fantastic CD’s to review. But it just doesn’t seem like enough. The […]

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music May 15, 2020

Looking Ahead

By Lisa Cyr Here I am again, on the back porch enjoying my hedge of clumping bamboo. The ongoing joke for the last three years has been, “I’m watching the bamboo forest grow today.” It started out with a vision to create a unique privacy hedge. The plants were small with just a few stems, […]

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dining May 15, 2020

From Meat-Eater to Plant-Eater

By Chris Ellis A plant-based diet can transform your life, but this transformation is more complex than a good vegan recipe; it’s about real life. It’s about making promises to yourself and doing the work. I am a 56-year-old mom and wife. I am a real person who has done this. I have broken down […]

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Musings May 15, 2020

Like the River Flows

By Lauren Catanese When the world seemingly comes to a halt. When tragedy strikes and we find ourselves on our knees. When the events and experiences that we find ourselves in, bring with them a feeling that time has stopped; we are blocked, complacent, at a standstill. To think that movement is gone and dead, […]

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Musings May 15, 2020

Plan B

By Rick Moore Years ago, in downtown Mobile, Alabama, the City Council debated whether or not to allow people to continue feeding the squirrels in parks such as Bienville Square. This had been a tradition for old and young alike for over a half a century. But concerns over human safety, overpopulation of squirrels, and […]

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Musings May 15, 2020

A Pastor’s Ponderings

By Rev. Pete Hyde The night was crystal clear when they crawled into the tent and slipped into sleeping bags for the night. The camp fire had burned down to a mound of glowing red embers. The last of a marshmallow sizzled on a rock next to the fire. Graham crackers and chocolate bar wrappers were now ghostly, ashen forms in the […]

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Musings May 15, 2020

Rest, Recover, Reinvigorate

By Kirk McCarley Ivy Jane demonstrated a noticeable limp in her right rear leg. Ivy is our six year old, active, certified rescue hound. Drawing the short end of the straw with my wife, I was dispatched with Ivy to an appointment with the Vet. Upon arrival, as is the case with many places of […]

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Wellness May 15, 2020

Ask Dr. Marty: Stir Crazy

QUESTION: I have been cooped up in my house for so long because of our “new normal” during the pandemic. I limit my trips outside the house to a bare minimum. Only for really urgent trips for food or medicine. But I’m getting a little stir crazy. Do you have any suggestions? ANSWER: I have […]

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Wellness May 15, 2020

Ascension Sacred Heart Begins Plasma Therapy for the Coronavirus

Ascension Sacred Heart has initiated the use of a treatment for COVID-19 that takes plasma from people who have recovered from the viral infection and infuses the antibody-rich plasma into very sick patients who are fighting the virus. The treatment, also called convalescent plasma, has shown significant potential for patients. Plasma is a part of […]

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