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CC— Quote of the Week…“We are told that automation is a process that gets all the work done while you just stand there. When we were younger, this process was called Mother.” —CC— Even before America contracted this pandemic of coronavirus, we were dying from a plague of loneliness.

CC— Quote of the Week…“The girl who remembers her first kiss now has a daughter who can’t even remember her first husband.” —CC— Since most of the coverage has been on the coronavirus, you may have missed some of the other “major” stories… • David Ostrom, 40, and his ex-wife, Bridgette Ostrom,...

Here it is. Another week. Same old Corona virus. Well not really. But it does make me think of the old 1918 Spanish Flu that swept the world. In 1918 there was not much radio and no TV. News traveled slow.

Quote of the Week….

Okay, this week, you’ll be joining Julia as she tackles one of her favorite hobbies, baking. A while ago we received a recipe from a dear friend and reader from Lebanon Ohio, Auntie Norma, as we call her. She had sent a banana cake recipe and suggested that Julia would try making it.

I envy Kevin (not his real name). He thinks God lives under his bed. He was praying out loud in his dark bedroom one night and I stopped to listen. “Are you there, God?” he said. “Where are you? Oh, I see. Under the bed...” Kevin’s unique perspectives are often a source of amusement.

Can I catch the Coronavirus? Why not? Seems like the Pope has it. Well, his staff members claim the Pope only has a cold, but he is into his second week of cancelling events. Looks suspicious to me. And the Ayatollah’s top aid just died of it.

TRUE LOVE: With Valentine’s Day just past, here’s a message that might cause you to stop and think: For God so loVed the world That He gAve His only begotten SoN That whosoever Believeth In Him Should Not perish But have Everlasting Life. Can you think of a better gift? MORE SENIOR MOMENTS.

My dentist up at the VA Hospital had me in his chair the other day and started talking about my options on long term care of my teeth. He mentioned the fact that I was nearly 85 and then spent a few moments giving me a long searching look.

Atoka woman arrested for DWI Mary Sharleen Butler, 52, Atoka, was arrested the night of February 15 for driving while impaired.