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Merlene Davis: One woman's bucket list informs us all

By admin | Published: June 3, 2012

Johnny Huguely of Richmond recalls the story this way: back in the mid-1920s, Lillian H. Jones, a nurse and Huguely’s great aunt, placed her wealthy employer’s very sick daughter in a tub of ice, trying to break the child’s raging fever. The doctor who had cared for the child called the family together and said [...]

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The cost of caregiving: Loved ones’ dementia takes high toll on finances, emotional health, life plans

By admin | Published: April 9, 2012

Every Tuesday and every Thursday, Frank Starkey leads a Bible study at Mount Calvary Baptist Church.Sometimes, over, and over and over again. Starkey, who knows Scripture backward and forward, quietly confides that he’s been asked to preach at the church. He began coming during the day three years ago, when his daughter, Vickie Starkey, told [...]

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Magic, Friends, and Boobs

By admin | Published: January 31, 2012

I’m a dumbass. I tripped over my pump and broke off a piece of the faceplate. One of the pieces that makes it into a double pump instead of a single. At first Adam put a piece of tape over the broken piece so I could use it as a single pump. that worked for [...]

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‘Mother Goose’ needs new home for her flock

By admin | Published: November 26, 2011

LARKSPUR, Calif. (KGO) — in Marin County, there is an ongoing problem with geese along Corte Madera Creek. for years, a Marin resident has fed them and cared for them, but her self-assigned job has just become a lot more difficult. for those of us who believe in modern day nursery rhymes or fairy tales, [...]

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Soccer player with disability still flying toward her goal

By admin | Published: October 31, 2011

They laugh about it now. No, listening to them re-tell the story of what happened when Carson Pickett was 6 months old, when a prosthetics guru tried attaching a series of artificial arms, you realize that they smiled even then. Mike and Treasure Pickett say the only time they cried was the day their only [...]

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A Baby Story

By admin | Published: September 13, 2011

Baby Cam 10:14 pm Hi Joe I’m Matt, the cameraman assigned to your story. is this your first baby? Yes, this is my wife’s first. Thanks-I should go check on her now. Wait a minute, Joe; they need to get her situated. Didn’t they tell you that in your prenatal classes? We didn’t take the [...]

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