Falling rain means personal growth
CATHY KRAFVE Checklist Charlie
      It is raining today as a write. It is a beautiful, drippy rain that gently announces springtime has arrived in East Texas. The sky is my favorite lightsoaked gray that spotlights all the vibrant greens and pinks, as if nature is declaring in triumph that new growth is pushing up yet again.
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Breaking the rules proves beneficial
ANTOINETTE JACKSON Mangia! Mangia!
      Going out to dinner on Friday night in the 1950's and early 60's was no fun for young Italian-American fish-eating Catholics like my friend Mary Ann Fiscella and me. Even less enjoyable was going out to dinner to an Italian restaurant.
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