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A few months ago, the one I call my uncle dad was out shooting a gun and the noise did something to his hearing so now people sound like Donald Duck to him.
Since then he’s had a lot of people who are also hard of hearing commiserate with him.
He says it’s comforting to be able to say, “You too?” However, he really, really, really wants his hearing back.

The First Church of God in Cynthiana donated blankets to Harrison Memorial Hospital for the Project Linus project. The church donated 30 blankets to the project.
Project Linus is a group of individuals who provide blankets to children through local fire departments, hospitals, health departments and more. Since 2009, the group has donated more than 1000 blankets for pediatric patients at HMH.

Every Saturday morning I go to the Panera near my house and write my column for the following week.
I order an egg white and cheese breakfast sandwich and a small coffee and sit at the table that faces the big window so I can watch the traffic go by.
I spread my stuff out, my notepad and pen and laptop and assorted notes. Most weeks I already know what I’m going to write about, but not always.

The other day my husband opened up both of the closet doors in our bedroom and pointed out that my stuff has progressively crept into his closet and that I should do something about it.
“Like throw your stuff out to make more room for mine?” I asked.
Um, the answer to that would be no.
So, I got a plastic bag and started filling it with clothes I no longer wear, and then I started going through old file folders filled with notes and beginnings of columns. That always prompts a bits and pieces column, like today’s. So, here goes: