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About S.

Reader, writer, talker, knitter, picture taker, tennis player, music lover, Southerner.

Who performs mammograms?

Here is a fact for you: Planned Parenthood does not perform mammograms. So don’t go there expecting them to find your breast cancer. What Planned Parenthood will do for you is refer you to a radiology center and pick up … Continue reading

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Today’s truth

Always remember to slow down in life; live, breathe, and learn; take a look around you whenever you have time and never forget everything and every person that has the least place within your heart. You know who you are.

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It’s not all about abortions.

Here, for your edification, are the other services Planned Parenthood provides: General health care services vary by location. They may include anemia testing cholesterol screening diabetes screening physical exams, including for employment and sports flu vaccines help with quitting smoking … Continue reading

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I have a condition.

No, really, I do. I have a rare condition in which my body produces excess cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF) and then can’t throw it off fast enough. It used to be called Pseudotumor Cerebri because it makes your body act like … Continue reading

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This came up in conversation

I don’t particularly like to discuss politics, because people don’t really discuss politics any more so much as they try to convince you their opinion is the only right opinion. Friday night my cousin Lynn and I were guests at … Continue reading

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Today’s Truth is for Jennifer H.

When you know that you’re capable of dealing with whatever comes, you have the only security the world has to offer. – Harry Browne My five bucks is on you, kid. Keep swinging.

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With enough courage, you don’t need a reputation.

That’s something Rhett Butler said to Scarlett O’Hara. I hold that with enough reputation, you don’t need courage. On the second or third day I’d been at college, I was sitting on a bench outside my dorm with my two … Continue reading

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These boots were made for walking…

And just like that, I have booked an apartment in Rome. It’s less than 60 days until we leave so it’s too late to cancel. We’re really going. I don’t know what a dongle is, but we have one in … Continue reading

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The oldest and the best-looking

My daddy’s birthday is today. He is 69 years old, and he is the oldest and best-looking of the six brothers and sisters. I’m not just saying that because he’s my own personal daddy. I’m saying it because it’s a … Continue reading

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Today’s truth

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. – Hans Hofmann Simplify = edit. Life is about editing: editing what you say before it leaves your mouth, editing what’s around you to get … Continue reading

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