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Ferguson Twilight Run is Saturday May 17

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Pond and Water Garden on June 21,22

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May & June events around Town

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Tom Anselm on the Sweet Month of May

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  • Post published:May 3, 2022
  • Post category:Columnists/Entertainment / Travel/Features/Health / Seniors

The Merry Month of May and .... the Joyful Sound of a Whistle May is that time of the year where eyes still water and noses still run. Almost gone…

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  • Post published:October 29, 2021
  • Post category:Columnists/Florissant/Health / Seniors/Missouri

Boomer’s Journal: THE MAGIC OF LIFE By Tom Anselm I’m baaaaack! If you remember last time we met, I was outlining the sometimes-stressful but ultimately positive efforts to find out…

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Best to Class of ’21

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  • Post published:June 3, 2021
  • Post category:BlackJack / Spanish Lake/Columnists/Education/Entertainment / Travel/Ferguson/Florissant/Hazelwood/ILLINOIS/Missouri/Music/School News

Walking that Walk into the Future It’s called “Pomp and Circumstance.” Originally composed by Sir Edmund Elgar in the early 1900s as part of a group of military marches, the…

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Proper Footwear with Tom

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  • Post published:March 9, 2021
  • Post category:Columnists/Entertainment / Travel/Florissant/Hazelwood/Health / Seniors/Missouri/Sports

A BOOMER’S JOURNAL If the Shoes Fit, Best to Go For It Consider this movie trailer for today’s discussion. “In a world of chaos, sickness, political upheaval and snow storms…

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A Boomer’s Journal…Let Me Be Your Servant, Too

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  • Post published:February 11, 2021
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A BOOMER’S JOURNAL........ Let Me Be Your Servant, Too A few months ago, I was cleaning out my top drawer, something that was sorely needed. I found a small prayerbook,…

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A Boomer’s Journal

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  • Post published:September 3, 2020
  • Post category:BlackJack / Spanish Lake/Columnists/Entertainment / Travel/Features/Ferguson/Florissant/Hazelwood/ILLINOIS/Missouri

PART II: Beginnings and Journeys, We Always Get Through It In the last installment for this space, talked about the history of how we got to where we are today.…

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Boomer’s Journal

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  • Post published:April 1, 2020
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April Comes in So Yellow and Bright, But Also Uncertainty, Over Pandemic I saw my first dandelion yesterday. So yellow and bright. So … beautiful. I have long had a…

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A Boomer’s Journal: A New Decade

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  • Post published:January 22, 2020
  • Post category:Columnists/Health / Seniors

New Decade, New Look, Let’s Hope So! By Tom Anselm “Let’s get physical… physical,” sand Olivia Newton-John back in 1981, resplendent in her white headband and blue leotard. And likely…

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TOM ANSELM’S A BOOMER’S JOURNAL: New Year, New Decade

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  • Post published:January 19, 2020
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Plenty of Things to Make Us Upset as We Begin New Year & New Decade By Tom Anselm Every once in a while, I lose my relentless optimism and get…

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