Linda Clark-Borre

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12/26/2011 23:08

Ho Ho NOT

DATELINE CHICAGO     One of the benefits of being wired practically 24-7 is keeping up on news of friends and family. It isn’t so fun when several of those folks are not doing so well for any reason. In recent weeks a couple of my friends around the country have lost their jobs. I...

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12/25/2011 12:32

Merry Christmakkuh to my Beloved Friends and Family

DATELINE CHICAGO Alas, no snow, but Santa figured out how to do without it in the Midwest if the loads piled under the grandkids' tree is any indication, as we know it is! After living a year and a half in little Chico, I feel swallowed up here in Chicagoland - suburbia to be exact....

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12/22/2011 00:14

Borrowed Tradition

The winter holidays, for me, have always represented a season of mixed emotions.  Occasionally, we would have a fun gathering at one sister’s house or another. When my daughter married, her house became the focal point for most of my holidays. Since my grandparents passed away, and that’s...

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12/10/2011 15:13

Happy Birthday, Dear Grandma, Wherever You Are

My grandmother, Dorothy Schulte Baillie, was born on this day in 1918. I lost her 22 years ago. As she was with me in all ways possible and meaningful from the day of my birth - and God knows I needed her - I was able to be with her at her last moment here on earth. I don't know where she is now,...

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She Said...What?

07/18/2014 15:41

Need An Identity Makeover? Look No Further.

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07/16/2014 17:42

Deviant Behavior Alert!

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07/15/2014 11:36

The Long Pause

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11/03/2013 10:11

The Final Answer

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10/20/2013 10:24

Opening the Door to Karmageddon: Life from 30-40 Years

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10/06/2013 17:55

Life Lessons Age 20 - 30: Mercy Me, Mercy Everybody

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09/28/2013 14:29

"Love is So Short, Forgetting is So Long" - The Years 15-20

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09/22/2013 12:28

Jumping the Streams: Life Decades Project Pt. 2

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09/15/2013 10:37

The Power of the Question: Going from 0-10

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08/30/2013 18:03

Linda's Loss

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08/26/2013 14:58

The Worry Matrix

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08/19/2013 12:21

Strategic Planning for Dummies

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08/11/2013 20:02

Places I Have Never Been and Why

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07/29/2013 08:26

Why I Need Intervention

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07/20/2013 08:02

Stuff I Thought on My Summer Vacation

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07/03/2013 17:24

Mass Anxiety

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06/23/2013 15:28

Oh Slimy, I Hardly Knew Ye

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06/19/2013 16:49

Listen to Their Voices

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06/12/2013 14:41

Snakes & Arrows

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06/04/2013 12:44

Escaping the Tyranny of the Mundane Experience

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05/27/2013 10:51

Assessing my Own BHAC Yard: Or, Honing Skills and Growing Hope through Life Experience

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05/16/2013 11:52

Drop-Dead Stress and What to Do About it Now

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05/11/2013 20:34

The Next Best Thing to Happiness

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04/29/2013 11:59

The Beaver's Life and Times

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04/17/2013 17:28

I Remember You, Especially as a Secret

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04/10/2013 13:19

What I Really Believe, For Goodness' Sake

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03/28/2013 20:44

Marks of Time Passing: Gifts, All of Them

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03/24/2013 19:25

Behold, We're Nothing, Man

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03/09/2013 16:39

The Grace of Final Days

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02/14/2013 16:17

You Were Born With Two Hearts

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01/11/2013 15:30

If You Miss It, Paint it In

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12/14/2012 12:24

Pass the $#%&! Salt, Starbucks! Now!

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11/23/2012 23:58

My Buddy, Oprah

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11/04/2012 12:18

Those Who Render Us Visible

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10/25/2012 12:29

The Unforgotten Ones

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10/19/2012 13:47

B-o-r-i-n-g…Is There Anything Worse?

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10/07/2012 11:55

World-Class Endings

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09/22/2012 19:18

Unearthing Buried Weapons

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09/16/2012 22:37

High and Holy Days For All

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09/08/2012 21:20

Lost and Found and Lost then Found Again

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09/03/2012 13:03

The Kid's Story Everyone Should Read

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08/25/2012 17:33

For Such Time as You May Need This

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08/17/2012 10:43

A Perfect World

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07/17/2012 12:38

The Art of Coercion - And You

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07/12/2012 16:44

"Compassion It" Should Be a Verb

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07/07/2012 16:45

The Secret to Not Having Worries

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07/02/2012 22:23

The Way We Ate: Sing Scrapple

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06/22/2012 12:28

Is this the "Worst" Disability?

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06/16/2012 22:46

Do You Live in a Sundown Town? Do I?

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06/11/2012 20:44

The Road Less Traveled = A Difference, All Right

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06/04/2012 19:55

Steal These Strategies Now

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06/01/2012 12:56

And It Came To Pass

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05/28/2012 09:47

This Veteran's Obituary is a Blueprint for Life

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05/26/2012 14:25

How Precious are Those Who Survive….And Those Who Don’t

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05/25/2012 14:15

Not Sew Perfect Anymore

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05/21/2012 20:57

How Not to Leave this Life

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05/15/2012 21:42

NICE.

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05/12/2012 23:12

Best Profession for a "Senior Citizen"

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05/08/2012 22:28

The Other Mother

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05/04/2012 23:12

Jon Will’s Gift In Light of Baby Doe

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05/03/2012 12:04

"Life Broken Down...

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04/29/2012 17:42

Not the Usual Walk in the Park

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04/27/2012 21:41

One of the Greatest Thinkers of My Time

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04/26/2012 14:25

Helping Ailing Cultures Heal

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04/21/2012 16:40

People Who Make Me STOP

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04/19/2012 20:14

I Visit the Dark Side

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04/17/2012 15:15

Nice Work, Skippy!

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04/17/2012 13:04

Better Living, Maybe

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03/26/2012 20:50

Sleep Your Way to a More Youthful Appearance

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03/24/2012 16:37

When the Bulls-Eye is You

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03/22/2012 21:08

On the Struggle to Accept Gifts

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03/21/2012 22:40

The Ones Who Walk Away

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03/20/2012 08:35

I Ate It, I Rate It

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03/18/2012 16:47

TaskRabbits - Seen Any Yet?

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03/16/2012 08:54

Pluck Your Duck

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03/13/2012 22:02

For Such As These

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03/11/2012 13:43

GED for College? Interesting Idea...

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03/08/2012 16:02

California Smells

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03/06/2012 17:10

For New Grads - Facing the Scary Job Market

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03/04/2012 17:37

The Mysteries of Conflicted Priesthood

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03/01/2012 21:19

The Girl With the Draggin' Tattoo

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02/29/2012 10:39

What Are You, Leap Year Day? Speak.

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02/27/2012 16:43

The Way We Were

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02/25/2012 20:04

I see Dead People and I Don't Want To

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02/24/2012 16:29

The Survivor

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02/22/2012 15:49

Interfaith Broccoli

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02/21/2012 10:14

Architects of the Universe

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02/20/2012 15:05

Blessed Be Charles

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02/19/2012 12:04

The Disastrous Disappearance of Hull House

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02/18/2012 11:27

Water, Wine..Weed...What?!

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02/16/2012 21:50

"The World Needs All Kinds of Minds"

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02/16/2012 08:20

One Child's Dream

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02/15/2012 21:16

Paris as Possibility

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02/14/2012 21:47

Holding On To the Center

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02/13/2012 18:03

This is Your Life (Maybe, Eventually)

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02/12/2012 13:52

On Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

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02/11/2012 11:16

Cali-schizophrenia, Again

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02/09/2012 21:27

Chico’s Nuts

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02/08/2012 20:11

On Cooperating with the Inevitable

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02/06/2012 19:31

Flyway Stars

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02/05/2012 11:20

Poetry in Your Mailbox Starting Tomorrow

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02/03/2012 23:12

The Power of the Powerless

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02/02/2012 21:01

Can You Pull Off a Natural Wonder? Find Out Here

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02/01/2012 13:02

Find Your State Nickname Here!

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01/31/2012 09:34

Someday the Silence Will be Deafening: A Momologue

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01/29/2012 21:26

When the Gods Turned Humans To Trees

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01/27/2012 13:42

Beauty, Shock & Awe: Life's Triple Threat

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01/21/2012 12:28

The Dismal Path Leads Somewhere Too

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01/20/2012 14:02

Fish, Slimy, & the Meaning of Life

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01/14/2012 22:34

A Soldier Speaks of Death

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01/13/2012 09:41

Change A Life in Five Minutes

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01/11/2012 21:42

Who Stole Winter?

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01/03/2012 20:08

Vintage Klipschs Still Fill a Room

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01/02/2012 12:58

No Excuses: The Kahn Plan

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12/31/2011 12:35

Thanks 2011: Breakups, Breaches, Backlash, and Plain Bad Luck

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12/28/2011 18:47

Resolution or Revolution? Let Me Think About It.

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12/26/2011 23:08

Ho Ho NOT

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12/25/2011 12:32

Merry Christmakkuh to my Beloved Friends and Family

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12/22/2011 00:14

Borrowed Tradition

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12/10/2011 15:13

Happy Birthday, Dear Grandma, Wherever You Are

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