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Mama taught me to read at an early age

Mama read me to sleep until I was seven, when one night she handed me a small book bound in green, with a gilt title ... Read more

by Pepper Ellis Hagebak, Friday, June 9, 2017 10:29 pm

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A seaside perspective from a beach chair

I’ve never been a girl who liked to “lay out”, the term we use to mean sprawl out on a vinyl lawn chair in the ... Read more

by Pepper Ellis Hagebak, Friday, June 2, 2017 5:52 pm

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Today is Saturday

Sometimes Hubby looks at me funny. Okay, a lot of the time Hubby looks at me funny. It may be that I’ve said something that ... Read more

by Pepper Ellis Hagebak, Saturday, May 27, 2017 9:00 am

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My very own sea monkeys

Brother and I always had cats and dogs while we were growing up. Mama even let us hang on to a snake or lizard for ... Read more

by Pepper Ellis Hagebak, Saturday, May 20, 2017 9:00 am

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Hagebak: The adventures of puppy life

I was so excited one morning this week that I could hardly work. I kept looking at the clock to see if it was almost ... Read more

by Pepper Ellis Hagebak, Saturday, May 13, 2017 10:00 am

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Stranger drills: ‘I pity the stranger’

Way back in the olden days, there was no such thing as a “Latchkey Kid”. Oh, kids stayed home by themselves all the time, but ... Read more

by Pepper Ellis Hagebak, Saturday, May 6, 2017 10:00 am