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King Kong? Godzilla? No–Kudzu!
By
kjackson
When I was 13-years-old my family moved from the land of prairie grass and crape myrtle (Oklahoma) to the land of mimosa trees and kudzu vines (Mississippi). I’ll never forget my first glimpse of kudzu. All along the highway it looked as if the trees and other vegetation had disappeared and been replaced by huge…
Act Your Age! (not)
By
kjackson
Ninety-eight-year-old Keiko Fukuda of San Francisco recently received her 10th degree black belt. This means she’s been promoted to judo’s highest level…an honor only three other people have ever attained: all men, all living in Japan. I remember when I was newly married and my 60-year-old parents announced they were moving to China to become…
The Power of the Pen
By
kjackson
CBS News reports that a nine-year-old Virginian boy put his wallet– containing over $300 he had saved and gift cards he had received for his birthday–down on a convenience store counter and the wallet was stolen. That would be the bad news. The good news is he wrote a hand-written letter and posted it, along…
You’re So (not) Pretty?
By
kjackson
When I say to my little girls–age nine and seven–“you’re so pretty!” am I setting them up for heartache? Am I telling them the same sort of lies as I tell them when I pretend there is an Easter Bunny or a Santa Claus? According to Julie Burchill, author of an article she titled “Face…
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