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This is the beginning of the thirteenth year of writing this blog, as someone recently called it. I started it in 1998 right after Jack died on the eve of Thanksgiving that year. The person who called it my blog…

Shop Talk

By Greg Speck Do we even think about “wellness?” Should “wellness” mean using prescribed pharmaceutical drugs as main stay actions when other remedies might be available? Jeanne Garrett became involved in “wellness” when a family member developed strange physical and…

A Mole by Any Other Name

In the summer of 1988 there was a terrible drought in Peoria. That fall, I received an interesting phone call at the Nature Center. A nurse wanted to know if I could explain why there had been a 500 percent…

Happenings for February

Download the original attachment FEBRUARY HAPPENINGS Feb 2 – Peoria Public Library offers a “Spanish Conversation Hour” at Lincoln Branch from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and is co-sponsored by the Peoria Hispanics Club. All ages and all levels of speaking…