OPINION: New shelter puppy brings joy in the face of loss

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Margie Richards
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Monday, August 23. 2010
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A few weeks ago I wrote about our old dog, Buddy. I also mentioned that we had another small dog, Crickett, our 11-year old Jack Russell. [Full Story »] 

OPINIONS: Warm Springs – great day trip

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Margie Richards
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Friday, August 6. 2010
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Just a few hours southwest of Atlanta is a community that seems trapped in time. Every time I visit there, I always feel refreshed. It’s like I’ve visited the “old Georgia” I remember as a kid – it’s where folks wave to you when you meet them in the road and where no one seems in a hurry to get from one thing to another. [Full Story »] 

OPINIONS: I love old dogs

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Margie Richards
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Monday, June 28. 2010
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I do love old dogs. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Thoughts on my daughter’s wedding

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Margie Richards
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Friday, June 18. 2010
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When my daughter was born I spent a lot of time just staring at her. I couldn’t believe I had borne something so perfect — from the brownish-blonde fuzz on the top of her head, to her pink little toes and toenails — she was the word “miraculous” manifested. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: A crisis puts life in perspective

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Margie Richards
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Thursday, June 3. 2010
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Crises – we all have them and we all dread them – and with good reason. A crisis can take an ordinary day and change it in an instance, and almost always not in a good way. [Full Story »] 

OPINON: Best laid plans for Mother’s Day

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Margie Richards
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Wednesday, May 19. 2010
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I went to bed that Saturday, determined to get up later than usual (since it was Mother’s Day) and then try enjoy a leisurely day. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Spring is pure poetry

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Margie Richards
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Tuesday, April 20. 2010
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It doesn’t matter how many times I experience it (and I’ve experienced it 52 times now), I’m always amazed at the transformation between winter and spring. Though I think about it at other times of the year, the memory of it can’t do justice to the real thing. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Confessions of a ‘pursaholic’

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Margie Richards
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Thursday, March 18. 2010
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OK, I’m going to come clean about a facet of my personality that anyone who knows me well is already familiar with – I am obsessed with purses. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Thinking about ‘the rest of the story’

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Margie Richards
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Wednesday, March 3. 2010
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If you’re of a certain age and/or generation (like I am) you will remember the great commentator Paul Harvey and his “Rest of the Story” segments of his radio program. Harvey died last month at the age of 90, after a long and respected career in radio. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Remember those in need not only at Christmas, but afterward

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Margie Richards
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Thursday, December 31. 2009
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This has been a good Christmas season for me, and I’d like to tell you why – I have been blessed to witness some of the goodness and kindness of our community and it has helped to renew my faith in human nature. [Full Story »] 
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