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March 18, 2012
New Adventures

CONNECTING THE DOTS     By ERIN OUTCALT mcp blogger   This week I anxiously look forward to celebrating my 28th birthday! Ok, I’m a big fat liar. I’m looking forward to celebrating my 38th birthday… kind of. I realize that age is just a number and that you are only as old as you feel but there is still…

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Dreaming of Biking the Betsie Valley Pathway

March 18, 2012
Dreaming of Biking the Betsie Valley Pathway

GET OFF THE COUCH — EXPLORE MICHIGAN     By JOAN H. YOUNG mcp blogger   We’ve had our first taste of really nice weather this week, and as I write this column, I’m thinking I might take the bike out for its first spin of the year this afternoon. I’ll probably just ride some back roads near home, but that…

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It takes a village

March 18, 2012
It takes a village

 They say it takes a village to raise a child. I am a true example of this saying. My parents divorced when I was very young and as many children do I lived with my mother and visited my father. This left my mother in the difficult position of being a single parent. My mother took her role of being…

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Moonlighting: Germs

March 15, 2012
Moonlighting: Germs

  By JUDY COOLS mcp blogger   Germs need to be some unmistakable color. I’m thinking hideous fluorescent pink would be good. Just think of all the possibilities!!   “Jimmy… Did you wash up for dinner? Let me see your hands…” The days of trying to scam Mom would be over, big time. What about that doorknob, light switch, grocery…

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The Kitchen Sink: Gardening? In February?

March 15, 2012
The Kitchen Sink: Gardening? In February?

  By STEPHANIE WAGNER mcp blogger   Just when I think I can’t take another gray windy day, hope arrives in my mailbox. I am instantly warmed by the site of sunlight splashes on the glossy cover of my favorite seed catalogs.   “A Stunning Exhibition of Color!” and “Packed with both Flavor and Extra Nutrition!” are shouted at me…

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