“Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting, and autumn a mosaic of them all.” Football in its truest essence is a sledge hammer meets a violin. There in the perfection of precision is heartache amidst triumph; foresight entangled with the pressure of perplexity. It lifts and bows; it breathes through suffocation; […]
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National Dog Month started in August 2020. Milk-Bone, the popular dog treat brand, launched it to celebrate the special role dogs play in our lives. The idea was simple – give people a reason to appreciate their furry friends a little more. The company saw how much dogs do every day, from making us laugh
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My father, a man of very few words, is here. The forlorn look on his face is not new and it denotes nothing of the life he has lived. If you were to ask him, it is a look like any other look and should not be interpreted otherwise. This is the extent of his
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“That doesn’t bother you?” He was referring to the tongue of my sneaker, (a strip of material located under the laces of certain footwear). “I didn’t even realize it was like that,” I responded. Meanwhile, the tongue was so tightly squashed beneath the laces it exposed mostly sock. Sadly, the strangulation I felt had nothing
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June 6, 2023 – The Pear Tree Project begins … There is something called the zero to three movement. This is the general idea that the first three years of life are a critical period for brain development, and that deprivation during those years will result in persistent deficits in cognitive, emotional, and even physical
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(C&S President Raj Vinnakota delivered the 2026 commencement address at Muhlenberg College, challenging graduates to resist becoming spectators to their own lives and instead choose participation, community, and civic responsibility. Here are a part of his remarks below) ~ “At my college graduation, my generation was told something very different. My generation was told to:
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“Love has no gender, compassion has no religion, character has no race.” One thing we all have in common is that we want to be loved. The fight to have the same rights as heterosexuals has been a tough one, but the LGBTQ+ community has been continuing to grow with support through the years, to
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He Said ~ What kind of abhorrent, depraved, merciless, sadistic scum allows dogs to suffer, while they promote their fraudulent “rescue” messaging? By the way, this is not a rhetorical question; instead it is a reprehensible one to have to ask. Six months into the process of trying to find a quality canine adoption place
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She Said ~ “… Why should a land have so much meaning When dark times befall it? It’s only land, made of dirt and rock and loam It’s just a place that’s familiar And home’s just what we call it But there’s no place like home Don’t we all know There’s no place like home?”
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“Take it from an old man Time’s just sand slippin’ past We wanna hold it in our hands But no one ever sees what falls through the cracks Take it from an old man The days don’t stretch any longer They’ve left tracks upon my skin But I reckon made me stronger” The lyrics above
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