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Do you remember that old children’s song about the little old lady who swallowed a fly? If you recall the song, she next swallowed a spider to catch the fly… and on and on it goes. Well, I once …
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By Vicki Brown
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7/25/24
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Every year when summer begins, I buy hanging baskets for my back patio. I love flowers and have always had really good luck with geraniums. So this year I decided to surround my patio with geranium …
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By Vicki Brown
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7/11/24
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By Vicki Brown
My husband was turning 70, and my daughter-in-law thought he needed a party to commemorate such a special occasion. She is from the Dominican Republic, and they will party for any …
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By Vicki Brown
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7/11/24
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By Vicki Brown
I am highly involved in a turf war. It is vicious and ugly.
No, it is not between me and any of my delightful neighbors; it is between me and my yard.
It all started 30 years …
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By Vicki Brown
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7/11/24
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It was 1964, and I was five years old. I had just enjoyed Christmas followed by a birthday in January. We were living in Buffalo, New York, at the time, and though we didn’t have much money, we had …
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By Vicki Brown
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6/27/24
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In 1969, President Nixon gave a speech referring to the “Silent Majority”. He was speaking of average Americans who never formed a special interest group to promote their desires or political …
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6/27/24
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Few things cause more distress in a parent’s life than sending a kid off to college. For some parents it is heart wrenching. But for others, it is an absolute relief.
Our oldest son was rather …
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By Vicki Brown
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6/20/24
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In 1968-69, I was in the 5th grade, and we had just moved to a suburb of Atlanta.
The school year had started rather badly. I had missed the first few weeks of school due to the move, and found …
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By Vicki Brown
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6/13/24
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On the evening of May 7th while shopping at IGA, I fell. Two young men got me up and waited until I was balanced. An employee came and pushed by buggy while I shopped. The two young men and lady …
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6/13/24
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The Honorable Kenneth Arthur “K.C.” Campbell, Jr., age 66, of Walterboro, entered into rest eternal Thursday afternoon, June 6, 2024. Born July 17, 1957, in Salem, Massachusetts, he was …
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6/13/24
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By Vicki Brown
I violated my squash.
I know that sounds crazy, but it is the truth. I feel rather creepy and guilty, but it had to be done.
Let me explain.
I am not known for my …
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By Vicki Brown
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6/6/24
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I have never considered myself to be a monster truck kind of gal, so I was surprised when my son called us and said he had tickets for us all to see a monster truck show.
I wasn’t quite sure …
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By Vicki Brown
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5/30/24
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Memorial Day is often confused with Veterans Day. Memorial Day is an American holiday, observed on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. …
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5/30/24
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I love my little grandsons. I really do. But sometimes I want to pull out my hair and just scream.
I have four grandchildren; three are under the age of two and a half, are all boys, and quite …
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By Vicki Brown
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5/23/24
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Years ago, my husband and young sons convinced me to go river rafting. I pictured myself gently floating down a river in a fat air filled boat and it sounded like a good idea. So we made reservations …
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By Vicki Brown
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5/16/24
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The democrat progressives have had a bad week in their effort to put President Trump in jail and interfere with the election in November. First, the fiction based trail in New York ran into a …
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5/16/24
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Recently, my mother’s clan had a family reunion. Getting to see everyone was fun, but I dreaded hearing the same question asked over and over by rarely seen family members: “What have you been …
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By Vicki Brown
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5/9/24
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April 24th, the City of Walterboro had a ribbon cutting ceremony for receipt of USDA Rural Development funding.
USDA awarded the city $112,100 for the following projects:
Police Dep. – …
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5/2/24
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I have been a student of American History for over 60 years. I have never read or witnessed anything like the urgent and aggressive attempt by our current government to establish a plan for total …
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Noel Ison
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5/2/24
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I am sick and tired of the anti-Semitic protests across America, and especially on our university campuses, where they create the potential for violence. Violent demonstrations are not the main …
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Noel Ison
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5/2/24
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