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“So why do we salute the flag, kids?” said Abraham Lincoln Bahdziewicz. Woodrow Wilson Bahdziewicz, the oldest of the Bahdziewicz

You’ll be blessed reading my column this month, not because I wrote it, because I interviewed my friend, Annemarie D.,

The spring songbirds are lifting their voices in praise to their Creator this morning; they have deserted the feeder and

It was late February, and the temperature was about -20 degrees when I went to take care of the pregnant

Bright sunshine glitters on a snowy landscape, and the sky is bright blue. It is a drastic change from yesterday’s

I confess, I didn’t know much about coverlets except that they are woven on looms so when I was asked

The very last day of February slides off the calendar, making way for the month of March. We are not

Bright sunshine glitters on a snowy landscape, and the sky is bright blue. It is a drastic change from yesterday’s

I grew up with a lot of religious rules. To violate these rules was to subject oneself to the judgment

The sun is shining brightly on our hills today, although a wayward wind is laced through the sunshine. The cardinals

A few snowflakes drift down on our hills this morning from an overcast sky that seems to promise more snow.

I started out the year well, determined to lose weight. I worked out every morning for quite a while, and

We turn another calendar leaf, and a New Year is spread out before us. Unused, unspotted and blank. The beginning

For our family vacation this year, my husband, and our 6-year-old son, Isaac, and I loaded into the car and

When my office phone rang, I answered it to find the chairman of the C.I.S. (Computer Information Systems) department on

For years now, Herb Collins has been helping Santa by donning the red and the beard and the tassels and

Marking the birthday of a man who Bing Crosby called, “the beginning and the end of music in America.” Born

Buttermilk clouds riffle across the wide expanse of the sky this morning, as another mild day unfolds in the hills.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! This is my last column for 2014 and I find myself in a

It is a brown and white November day, with patches of snow scattered over a brown landscape. It is bitter

Liven up your holiday décor with lights, a bit of glitz and some colorful blossoms this season. Start by gathering

There was a young woman who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and had been given three months to

On Saturday, June 5, 1976, my younger sister came running out to where I was fixing a fence our cows

There is a nighttime sweetness and hope that hovers over us this time of year here at home. This is