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Happy Holidays from the Lavender-Mulkey Clan!
Wow, 2017 is about to come to an end, and in some respects, none too soon. But despite the extraordinary political challenges we’ve confronted in our nation this year, 2017 has been a fulfilling time in many ways for our little family.
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A Number’s Game: Does Age Really Matter in A Relationship?
Shonnie and I were recently interviewed for the BedLoveBeyond podcast, this episode about couples with significant age differences (Ours, by the way, is 28 years.).
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After the Funeral
When you told me you needed a drink-drink and not just a drink like a drink of water, I steered you by the elbow into a corner bar, which turned out to be a real bar-bar,
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Saturday night family dance
When the Avett Brothers began to sing “No Hard Feelings,” Shonnie walked over, embraced me, and without exchanging a word, we began to slow dance to the music.
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Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front by Wendell Berry
Be joyful though you have considered all the facts


