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- Sep 29, 2026
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Possumhaw: Obituaries and the “Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning” (opens the original)
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The only thing we know for sure is that we will die one day. But before that we can try to do almost anything. You have probably been given this little book by one of your children or someone in the same situation as you and me. Let me help make your loved ones’ memories of you nice-instead of awful. – Margareta Magnusson, Swedish Painter and essayist (1934-2026) Mr. Tom Wilburn’s life and memory bears witness to the truth of an often-quoted proverb that states, “When an old man dies, a library
Possumhaw: Operation Christmas Child (opens the original)
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Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham received a call from a man in England asking for help to fill shoeboxes with gifts for children in war-torn Bosnia and Eastern Europe. With help from local churches like Calvary Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, the organization managed to send 28,000 shoeboxes gifts that first Christmas of 1993. The project has since delivered over 244 million shoeboxes to children in more than 175 countries and territories. About 20 years ago I was living in Stark
Possumhaw: Guided by the sun (opens the original)
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A flash of harmless lightning, a mist or rainbow eyes. The burnished sunbeams brightening. From flower to flower he flies. John B. Tabb, The Hummingbirds flitting here and there around the humming bird feeder. John B. Tabb, The Hummingbird. John Bannister Tabb, American poet, Catholic priest (1845-1909) Standing at the kitchen window it’s easy to see six to eight hummingbirds flitting here and there around the humming bird feeder. The feeder has no place to park so it’s up and down and around wh
Possumhaw: Hot as blue blazes (opens the original)
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Extreme heat & severe heat advisories came in June through August and into September. Dangerous heat reaching 110 degrees to 115 degrees. Cooler weather may finally arrive in October having upper 70 degrees and overnight dropping to the 50’s. A few weeks ago, it continued to be hot as usual. Sam had an appointment with the dermatologist removing sunspots on this forehead and later returned to removing a larger cancer near his collarbone. I asked the doctor, “Why do some people get cancer, and ot
Possumhaw: In the days of thrifting (opens the original)
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There’s all kinds of words for thrifting, it could be cheap, frugal, inexpensive, affordable, economical, reasonable or just budget friendly. Written from the book “The Tightwad Gazette” by Amy Dacyczyn. In my younger days and occasionally now there was nothing more fun than to go thrifting. Some people even tried the occasional dumpster diving knowing that what was one man’s junk was another’s man’s treasure. Sometimes I found thrift stores locally, other times if I was on a vacation or visitin
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