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"The Cat Came Back"

2/2/2012

Note to Readers:

Around Christmas, a stray tabby took up residence under my porch. It howled for attention until after the New Year.

Though neighborhood children briefly adopted the kitten, it came back. My dogs chased it around the yard. And it came back again.

A winter storm made it disappear amid heaps of drifting snow. But it came back aga ...

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"Hamglaze: 2012"

1/26/2012

Note to Readers: What follows here is the result of too many pots of coffee and crashing in my chair at the Icehouse home office. Do not be alarmed or offended. Thank you.

It was a quiet evening at the GetGo in Chardon.

Light snow settled over the parking lot as customers hurried to fill their vehicles before the next winter storm arrived. Insi ...

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"Geauga in Print: Part Five"

1/19/2012

A look through the time tunnel -- that is the experience yielded by researching the vast library of online newspaper archives.

Echoes of yesterday linger in these yellowed pages of print. Yet strangely, some of the local stories contained therein seem to touch on issues still very much in the minds of modern-day Geauga County residents.

What fo ...

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"Knee Go Boom: Part Four"

1/12/2012

Note to readers: What follows here is the latest installment of my journey through personal injury and rehabilitation, more than two years after the fact.

In May of 2009, I suffered a torn meniscus in my right knee, while working at a Geauga County drugstore.

The episode inspired three columns for this newspaper which carried a cryptic title. I ...

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