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Dance Hall Days
“In the Mood,” that toe-tapping big band classic, was on the setlist when my mom, her youngest sister, and brother-in-law caught a recent show at the Sellersville Theater. They were in town celebrating my aunt and uncle’s forty-fifth wedding anniversary,… Continue reading
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Oz Really Isn’t So Terrible
I remember when my mom, an avid reader, handed me my first Judy Blume book. I curled up with the small paperback in the quiet of my childhood bedroom and disappeared into its pages for what felt like hours. The… Continue reading
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Huzza! Brave Boys
History rarely arrives with fanfare. More often, it slips in quietly—catching us off guard in everyday moments: a stack of old books forgotten in a basement, a handwritten note in the margin of a worn cookbook, a song your mother… Continue reading
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Family Ties
Most of the time, we pass through towns without ever truly seeing them. A name flashes by on a roadway sign, a row of storefronts slips past the car window—and just like that, we’re gone. We don’t stop. We don’t… Continue reading
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Rootin’-Tootin’ Rabble-Rousin
Some years, it feels like we completely skip spring. One minute it’s flurries and frostbite, and the next—bam!—we’re baking in full-on summer heat. In fact, a 2025 analysis by Climate Central found that 98% of the U.S. has seen more… Continue reading
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