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NOVEMBER

15

2009

Tale of Two Sisters

Making Amends with an Abusive Nun

Verbally abused by a Catholic school nun, Ann Winter heals her pain by making amends with the sister decades later. Read story.

AUGUST

20

2009

Woodstock Memories

Abe Peck Remembers Three Days of Peace and Love at Woodstock Music Festival

Abe Peck remembers three days of peace and love at the ’69 Woodstock Music Festival. Read story.

MARCH

31

2009

Upwardly Mobile Housing Delivers Affordable Luxury

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My Manufactured Home

Soon I reluctantly will leave Santa Barbara, but I cannot depart without revealing my secret to buying low-cost luxury housing in this pricey paradise. Read story.

FEBRUARY

17

2009

Tales of the Unemployed: A Chiropractor's Lament

Eight Years of College and $100,000 in Student Loans Does Not Equal Work

Eight years of college and $100,000 in student loans does not equal work. Read story.

NOVEMBER

1

2008

It’s Dia de los Muertos, Carlos Brown!

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Candy Skulls in a Land Where the Jack-O’-Lantern Is King

Some thoughts on candy skulls in a land in which the jack-o’-lantern is king. Read story.

OCTOBER

9

2008

Answers as Questions, Auditions as Learning Experiences

An Indy Intern Tries Out for Jeopardy! in Santa Maria

An Indy intern tries out for Jeopardy!, leaves with a story and a key chain. Read story.

OCTOBER

2

2008

Rival Gang Members Join Together in Peace

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Turning Pain into Hope

Aqeela Sherrills and Calvin Hodges grew up on opposite sides of the tracks during the bloody gang conflicts of the Watts neighborhood in south L.A. Aqeela was a member of the Crips gang and Calvin was a member of the Bloods. They now both work for peace and reconciliation in Watts at the Community Self-Determination Institute (CSDI). Read story.

AUGUST

7

2008

Volunteering with Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans

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Back to New Orleans

I’d been back to New Orleans since Katrina, for the first post-Katrina JazzFest, the festival that, over a decade’s worth of years, had endeared the city to me. Read story.

JULY

9

2008

Back Home Again

An Evacuee Tells Her Story

An evacuee tells her emotionally draining experience of being put out of her home. Read story.

MAY

8

2008

Wheels of Hope

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Bicycles Provide Rwandans with Transportation to Move Harvests

Heart rate through the roof, lungs burning, pedal stroke erratic. Read story.

APRIL

10

2008

Rape Survivor Overcomes Trauma

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A Tale of Trust

I was raped in the fall. I was 17. He was my first boyfriend. Read story.

MARCH

17

2008

Mustache March Rocks Santa Barbara

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KJEE DJs Grow Mustaches to Support MS Drive

"This gives us a really fun reason to get behind a great cause," said Jenny. Read story.

DECEMBER

26

2007

White Christmas

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I Went Back East to Find A White Christmas, and This is What I Found...

The old Bing Crosby movie is cheesy, but who among us hasn’t dreamed of being in the midst of one of those Nineteenth Century Victorian Christmas card scenes? Read story.

DECEMBER

23

2007

Is Aunt Edna Worth a Sweater?

Families You’re Born Into, Families You Create, and What They Mean

Families you’re born into, families you create, and what they mean. Read story.

DECEMBER

20

2007

Ode to Kathryn Bailard and Elizabeth Drouin

Light in the Darkness

Death and the holidays don’t mix. I imagine death and her cool shadow thriving in the doldrums of January or in April, during tax season, but she should leave the holidays to the living. As the calendar flips over to November and “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” takes over the radio, my thoughts usually start simmering with images of big family dinners, thoughtful gifts, too much chocolate, and great conversations with friends. Read story.

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