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Cards Game, Camping With The Kids Make Wet Spring, Cool Weather Tolerable

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  • Post published:June 3, 2015
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By Randy Gardner What a way to start the summer, with temperatures only in the 50s and 60s. The kids wait all spring to get out of school and get…

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Doing What You Have to Do Sometimes Has its Moments

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A Boomer’s Journal by Tom Anselm We haven’t always been this well-off. I have my tongue tucked slightly in my cheek when I say this, because by U.S standards, we…

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Far From the Madding Crowd: A Verdant, Ripe Adaptation

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  • Post published:May 7, 2015
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by Sandra Olmsted Reversals of fortunes and marriage proposals abound in director Thomas Vinterberg's adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s Far From the Madding Crowds. Yet, the film is not a Victorian…

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Who’s To Blame For Sports Injuries?

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By Randy Gardner What a way to start off the week by losing one of the cornerstones of the Cardinals pitching group, Adam Wainwright. It looked like such a simple…

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New Movies, Old Moves: 3 Classic Hollywood War/Romance Films            by Sandra Olmsted Several of the films this spring display an interesting development. As the audience has shifted from solely the…

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It’s Yet Another BBQ Place in STL that The Dining Divas Love

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  • Post published:April 27, 2015
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The Dining Divas By Lisa Kampeter I’m always excited when we find a new restaurant that’s delicious, down to earth, and affordable, and the Dining Divas discovered another in the…

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A Rap to Spring, And Other Things

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A Boomer's Journal By Tom Anselm    A quick review of recent columns seems to show That my tone’s been kinda serious ‘bout stuff, ya know. So here’s my humble…

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Win or Lose, Cards Opener Is Always A Holiday Event

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By Randy Gardner It’s awesome that the home opener for the Cardinals is on a Monday and I get to write my column on Tuesday. This gives me a great…

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Learning to Read Comes Easy To Some, But Not Everyone

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   A Boomer’s Journal Since retiring from teaching in 2010, I’ve supplemented the old bank account with substituting. So you could say I’ve spent over two-thirds of my life in…

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The Woman in Gold: A True Account

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by Sandra Olmsted Memory and melodrama seem to go hand in hand, and The Woman in Gold is no exception; however, director Simon Curtis uses both to share the suspense…

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