Death midwife? helps reduce funeral costs - Tacoma News Tribune
WASHINGTON ? When Jerrigrace Lyons goes out on a case, she carries a basic set of tools: makeup kit, cardboard caskets and a handbook with instructions for icing and transporting bodies. Lyons is a ?death midwife,? a specialist in the little ...
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Pub Crawl ? The Heights Ultra Lounge - San Antonio Express News
Snapshot: The Heights opened in June as a ?really eclectic live music venue,? says owner Mark Tilford, who plays bass guitar in Second Nature Band. Lately the entertainment lineup has been heavy on DJs, but the bar continues to offer a grab-bag ...
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Book Review - You Idiot: The First Book by Nate Gangelhoff - Blogcritics.org
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How I spent my Christmas in China - Post-Tribune
In China, everyone's family. By conventional wisdom, the universal fact about family is that you must spend Christmas with them, that they will ask too much of you and that they are a little crazy. That's all just as true here as in America. » Click ...
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What is it like to be a gay parent? - Bridgeton News
When I met with the folks from nj.com about blogging here, I was ever the diligent Catholic school girl and asked what topics they hoped I would cover. "People might be interested in what I bet are unique experiences as a gay parent." I've been ...
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GINNA PARSONS:Potatoes lightened for the new year - Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
On New Year's Day, I prepared the requisite black-eyed peas, mustard greens and cornbread. I also fixed a pork loin in the slow cooker and some steamed cabbage. All I lacked was a potato dish. At first, I thought I'd make everyone's favorite: Hash ...
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Country Music shrine to keep historic instruments - Citizen
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ? The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will get to keep historic instruments from Bill Monroe, Johnny Cash and Mother Maybelle Carter pledged by a man who committed suicide after being accused of defrauding millions from ...
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Heralding happy hour during economic downturn - Mydesert.com
When Prohibition ended in 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt quipped, ?What America needs now is a drink.? Today there's a growing cocktail culture out there ready to sing ?Happy Days Are Here Again.? Today's drinkers are thirsty not only ...
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Fresh Sheet: Eating local gets easier as area food options grow - Corvallis Gazette-Times
Thursday we step into a new year. Many pack a list of New Year?s resolutions to take on the annual journey of renewal and, soon enough, it becomes real baggage. Baggage of guilt over unfulfilled goals. Hence, I?ll stick with one that has worked ...
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Determination pays for these back-to-schoolers - Greene County Record
Several Greene County residents will look back on 2008 as the year they each took a giant step to cross an educational hurdle: they became students again to complete their GED certification (General Educational Development). Back in October, at least ...
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