By JAN BROWN The Wandering Mind There’s a mystery of sorts haunting my apartment. My front door has the kind of handle that opens by pulling up or pushing down on it. From the inside, this action also unlocks the door. It’s the easiest kind of handle and lock for doors in buildings meant for [...]
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By JAN BROWN The Wandering Mind (Warning – soap related acronyms ahead.) About seven months ago, I wrote about my dismay at the cancellation of two of my soap operas. Not long after that, we fans of “All My Children” (AMC) and “One Life to Live” (OLTL) were led to believe that our soaps would [...]
Sweatpea no-show, still holding out
By JAN BROWN The Wandering Mind The end of October marked the third anniversary of the day my cat Sweetpea showed up on my doorstep and moved into my life. The end of October was also the time for her annual checkup. Sweetpea is very shy, easily frightened, and she meets all the criteria necessary [...]
Master Web pretender’s domain includes United Way
By JAN BROWN The Wandering Mind You probably don’t know this about me, but I am a webmaster. It’s nothing like a ring master and it doesn’t mean I have a master’s degree in webbing. Webology? Webulating? It just means someone who makes or takes care of a website. I hesitate to call myself a [...]
The quick shopper’s guide to new Teals
by JAN BROWN The Wandering Mind The brand new Teals Market has been open for awhile now, but I still see people wandering the aisles looking lost, gripping a grocery list in one hand and steering the grocery cart with the other (and isn’t it nice not to need both hands and one foot to [...]
When lost thoughts pile up it’s ‘serial forgetting’
by JAN BROWN The Wandering Mind I wracked my brain trying to think of something to write about this week. And if you have ever wracked your brain, you know how painful that can be! At one point, an idea popped into my head and it seemed reasonably non-boring, so my mind stopped wracking and [...]
Are you an early bird or night owl?
Are you an early bird or a night owl? Do you like to get up early or do you like to stay up late? Have you always been one or the other or have you switched sides along the way? If you pop out of bed and then go and wake up the roosters, you [...]
Are you an early bird or a night owl?
by JAN BROWN The Wondering Mind Are you an early bird or a night owl? Do you like to get up early or do you like to stay up late? Have you always been one or the other or have you switched sides along the way? If you pop out of bed and then go [...]
Good-bye to a good friend
by JAN BROWN Times Columnist Last month, this community lost a special citizen, Zion Lutheran lost a faithful member, a family lost a much loved mother, and a lot of people – including me – lost a good friend. This citizen, member, mother, and friend was Jeanne Miller and she was a woman I admired [...]
Special days ensure July won’t be boring
Tomorrow is July, the month when we celebrate Independence Day. But once the 4th is over, July can be just one sunny, warm day after another. All that perfection can get downright dull. But July is also National Anti-Boredom Month, and I have a few additional holidays to keep you unbored. For instance, July 1st [...]
