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Life Sailing
About six years ago, I learned to sail, and it’s become one of the most important parts of my life. The story about how I came to sailing...
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Sep 15, 20123 min read


Homes for the Homeless Finds a “Home”, Part 2
“The man who calls a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.” – Oscar Wilde This is Part 2 of...
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Sep 15, 20123 min read


Mixing Colors and Styles in Home Décor
For a while, the buzzword in design has been “eclectic,” but what does that really mean? And how do you get the look without making a...
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Sep 15, 20123 min read


A Little Love Can Go a Long Way
There is a story about a Johns Hopkins University professor who invited his graduate students to do research on 200 boys between the ages...
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Sep 15, 20122 min read


A Poem
Garden of Splendor by Andrea M Garden of splendor, garden of delight Do you realize your marvelous might? Power that excites the birds to...
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Sep 15, 20121 min read


Susan Bock: Golden Bees, White Combs, and Sweet Honey
I wish I could say I decided to keep bees as a gift to our planet or even for the honey. But the truth is that keeping bees was the...
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Sep 15, 20122 min read


Hard times still call for insuring our children
For years, Detroiters have seen our children gunned down in the streets or killed for senseless reasons. Through death after death, we...
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Sep 15, 20123 min read


Values Check-Up
It’s hard to believe that we are already almost through the year! It seems like just yesterday we welcomed in and celebrated 2012, and...
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Sep 15, 20123 min read


Living Without Regrets
And I did pray. For both of them. And then life got busy on my end as well. I’d just moved to a new home. I started a new job two days...
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Sep 2, 20122 min read


Trusting the Unknown
I’ve had many times in my life when I have been tempted to panic and stress over circumstances that seem to have no near-sighted...
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Sep 2, 20122 min read


New Beginnings
I feel like a girl in A Prairie Home Companion. I can picture myself, as I pack my things into the back of a wagon, saying, “ We’ve lost...
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Sep 2, 20123 min read


10 Signs You’re on the Road to Homelessness
The number of children walking the halls of U.S. schools today now exceeds the total population of Detroit. As families, children, and...
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Sep 2, 20122 min read


A Temple of Dreams in Detroit
The Broadway musical “Brigadoon” is the story of a Scottish town that appears once every 100 years for one day, only to disappear once...
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Aug 31, 20123 min read


Jane Dabish aka CCDynamite: Or How a Good Chaldean Girl Became a Comic
Jane Dabish was born in Southfield to a Chaldean family. She spent her childhood down in her parents’ basement playing out stage...
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Aug 26, 20122 min read


The Heart of the Matter: Keeping Your Heart Healthy by Focusing on What Matters Most
What is the leading cause of death among Americans today? Heart disease. It takes the lives of far too many people in this country,...
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Aug 5, 20123 min read


Mobile Spay and Neuter Animal Clinic Comes to Detroit
Pet overpopulation is a serious problem in the United States. The American Humane Association states that each year, approximately 8...
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Aug 4, 20122 min read


Your Dream Life Awaits!
Recently, I was having a conversation with someone near and dear to me, who I respect and admire greatly, and they said something that...
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Aug 4, 20123 min read


Take it Outside
Ahh…Summer has arrived! We drive with our car windows down; lounge on our porches after work, and look forward to the sunshine and the...
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Aug 3, 20123 min read


Healthy America: Healthcare Reform Up Close
Part 1 of a series- Small Employer Tax Credits Since its approval by Congress on March 23, 2010, many provisions of the Affordable Care...
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Jul 29, 20122 min read


Who says socks have to match?
Recently I had a very interesting conversation with my 5-year-old grandson, K.J., who said something that started a process of thinking...
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Jul 26, 20122 min read