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99 New: The Sunday Obits

Posted on November 25, 2018 by

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The world is full of dead people. Especially so on Sundays. My dad always joked that everyone seemed to die on Sunday because that’s when the paper would be thick with obits. The Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News would have pages of… Continue Reading “99 New: The Sunday Obits”

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Stop Watches

Posted on May 4, 2017 by

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He died peacefully at home from various complications. I read the obits. A few days ago, I read a woman’s obit that ran from the top of the newspaper to the bottom, a dense long column of accomplishments and grateful children. She sang in choirs, raised… Continue Reading “Stop Watches”

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