Ink Spots

Stories from a small town in the Midwest
by Molly MacDonald

Of Travel, Dogs, and other Stuff

  By the time you are reading this, I will have been to Los Angeles and back, celebrating Christmas with our California kids. In case you are new to this column, Bing and I have five offspring scattered around the country. Although Bing died six years ago, he is...

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Of Winnie the Pooh, Christmas decorations and stuff

 I’m writing this a week before Thanksgiving, but you will be reading it when Thanksgiving is over and we’re into December. My point is, it’s hard to know what tense to use when writing in the now but being read in the future. Oh Bother, as Winnie the Pooh would say....

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Of flying with no crossword puzzle in sight

 Once again I have taken to the skies, but this time there was only a two-hour delay, and it wasn't my fault. I didn't have with me my beloved New York Times crossword puzzle which, if you read an earlier column, caused me to not hear the gate change announcement,...

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