Signal Tribune Newspaper

by Neena Strichart
We all know that with the way the economy has been behaving, or misbehaving, for so long, many of our local nonprofits and charities are finding quite a dip in monetary donations and even a decline in volunteer hours that had been so generously given in the past.
Folks have been struggling to make [...]

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by Neena Strichart
While getting ready to write my column this week, I found that everything I wanted to write about regarding Mother’s Day felt like a giant déjà vu. In doing a search through my computer, I found an article that I wrote three years ago on the subject. Rather than to try to just [...]

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by Neena Strichart
Although many folks have a fear of public speaking, it isn’t one of my phobias. I’m not declaring that I am a great orator– far from it– but I do enjoy an attentive audience– or one that at least feigns it well.
A month or so ago, my gal pal Vicki invited me to [...]

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by Neena Strichart
Last Saturday, Steve and I set out to have a romantic dinner to celebrate our 23rd wedding anniversary. Although the actual date was on Sunday, we decided to go out and “whoop it up” a day early. We ended up going to the Rainforest Café in Downtown Disney. We had a close parking [...]

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by Neena Strichart

My fondest childhood memories are not of the money spent on me by parents, but of the time they shared with me teaching me things.
Mom and I did a little gardening and making games out of doing household chores. I still think of Mom when I vacuum the carpet and remember her [...]

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