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Karen Heckman Stork
- Aug 16, 2019
- 2 min
I Can Drive Again!
This blog might also be entitled “How I survived almost six weeks without driving!” Yup, those of you of a “certain age” will understand ...
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Karen Heckman Stork
- Jul 25, 2019
- 2 min
Writing Letters Again
Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them. -- (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) When is the last time yo...
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Karen Heckman Stork
- Jul 3, 2019
- 2 min
Independence Day
The United States of America just celebrated the 243rd birthday of our nation. On July 4, 1776 the Continental Congress declared that the...
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Karen Heckman Stork
- May 30, 2019
- 2 min
Life's Signposts
…Yesterday is but today’s memory and tomorrow is today’s dream. — Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet Life has many memorable and noteworthy momen...
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Karen Heckman Stork
- Mar 26, 2019
- 2 min
Me and My Yoga Pants
“Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.” — B.K.S. ...
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Karen Heckman Stork
- Mar 18, 2019
- 3 min
Oh Oh - Another Birthday
Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we were born...
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Karen Heckman Stork
- Feb 27, 2019
- 3 min
Streets of Savannah
“But actually,” she said, “the whole of Savannah is an oasis. We are isolated, gloriously isolated! We’re a little enclave on the coast -...
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Karen Heckman Stork
- Jan 29, 2019
- 2 min
SOS -- Save Our Seas
We all came from the sea. And it is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in ...
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Karen Heckman Stork
- Jan 1, 2019
- 2 min
Another New Year
This is the first in my new blog series “My Sojourn in the South.” It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like ...
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Karen Heckman Stork
- Dec 18, 2018
- 2 min
A Northerner's Southern Christmas
A Christmas haiku: It is December. A North Carolina Christmas -- Sun and surf and sand. I am enjoying the experience of Chris...
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Karen Heckman Stork
- Sep 20, 2018
- 2 min
I SHALL RETURN
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity - John D. Rockefeller NOTE: This blog is about my “return” in two ways. First,...
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Karen Heckman Stork
- May 31, 2018
- 3 min
The Good, The Bad and the Okay
Quote of the Day: Forget about likes and dislikes. Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness. — Georg...
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Karen Heckman Stork
- May 10, 2018
- 2 min
The Excitement of Discovery
“Live in the sunshine. Swim in the sea. Drink the wild air” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Nothing is so exciting as actually experiencing somet...
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Karen Heckman Stork
- May 3, 2018
- 2 min
New Friendships
“The older I get, the more selective I am of who is in my tribe. I’d rather have four quarters than 100 pennies.” — Unknown Here I am al...
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Karen Heckman Stork
- Apr 26, 2018
- 2 min
Hello Wilmington
Hello Wilmington. So happy to meet you, or I guess I’ll have to get used to saying y’all. Let me introduce myself — I’m a Midwestern lady...
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Karen Heckman Stork
- Mar 27, 2018
- 2 min
Goodbye Nebraska
“Goodbyes are not forever, goodbyes are not the end. They simply mean I’ll miss you…Until we meet again.” Goodbye to my family — My broth...
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Karen Heckman Stork
- Feb 28, 2018
- 2 min
Movin' On
It seems that often as we age, our worlds seems to get smaller and more limited. Well, exactly the opposite is happening to me. As many o...
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