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Friday Fallout: My Take on This Week’s Funky Messes

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Barbara McDowell

The week for me, as for many of us, started with hearing the awful breaking news then tragic details about the mass shooting in Tucson.  I don’t want to minimize that event by listing it as a “hot mess,” yet … Continue reading →

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Music Monday: They Called Her the Blue-Eyed Queen of Soul

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Barbara McDowell

Last night, returning from yet another holiday gathering, the status changes started coming in via texts from Facebook.  “R.I.P. Teena Marie.” “Gone, but never forgotten.”  And I stopped and said out loud to my mom and sister, “but she’d just made … Continue reading →

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