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A belated birthday wish to my Mums, who celebrated another “Trip Around the Sun” yesterday, January 29th. (I am not a totally thoughtless daughter, I swear–I didn’t forget her birthday. I was actually at home for her birthday, and I was without my nearly omnipresent computer, believe it or not, so I didn’t post for [...]

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I realized that I haven’t posted anything “personal” for a couple of days, deferring instead to the blogger’s favorite tool: linking to and expounding on stuff found on other sites. This probably isn’t incredibly disappointing, I imagine, as nothing really earthshaking has occurred in the past few days that would make any of my readers [...]

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Michael “The Midnight Ficus” Ruff and Katie “Cosmo” Peterson both celebrate their birthdays this week. Mike turned 28 (yay, 28!!! That is a great number!) yesterday, and Katie becomes the last of our group of 4 to hit the big 2-5 on January 24th. Then, on the 29th, Mums has a birthday. January is a [...]

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I am back in Ossian so that I can be with my family for several days. The reason is already known to my “nearests & dearests,” and suffice to say that I am exceedingly grateful to have such wonderful, caring, and understanding friends who are ready to “circle the wagons” when someone’s in need of [...]

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Three years ago, amidst a family room chock full of my family and family friends, my grandfather lifted a glass of champagne and toasted to the idea that “This is the year when you start becoming a lawyer!” It was the dawn of 2003, and indeed, I began law school that August. Now, three years [...]

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Some happy holiday photos for you to enjoy… since I know your wish is to vicariously celebrate with the Ossian Crew! Nathan & The Gal get all dolled up to attend The Firm’s holiday party, December 3. Daddio & Mums in their holiday party attire, as they attend the Town of Ossian’s Holiday Party on [...]

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Growing up, my maternal grandparents lived about 6 hours away from me in Elgin, Illinois. We would go visit them as often as possible. And every time we visited them, I remember Grandma always had a jar of apple rings in her refrigerator. Cinnamon-spiced apple rings, floating in a red liquid… and they were delicious. [...]

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