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Today is the 175th anniversary of the Singer sewing machine. On August 12, 1851, American
August 12, 2026
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Today is the 175th anniversary of the Singer sewing machine. On August 12, 1851, American
Back in November 2022, I wrote about ending each journal entry by listing five (more
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I’ve written before about my dislike of beauty parlors, which dates back to early childhood.
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Go Set a Watchman is not a sequel to Lee Harper’s To Kill a Mockingbird. I