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• Family Bonding Via Memories By: Joe Ball, Publisher

  Published on January 20, 2011.

  I had a watermark, one of those special, round-number birthdays recently.
  I don’t give the number.
  My wife Sandy, instructed me, “Don’t tell your age!”
  As to “why not,” she referred to a friend of a friend who was part of a bridge group for many years. A regular member.
  One day the bridge partners were invited to her birthday — a BIG number. They never knew her age. Now they did.

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• To Write A Book- -And Never Do It? By: Joe Ball, Publisher

  Published on January 19, 2011.

  I’ve been thinking about writing a book.
  Thinking about it.
  Have doubts I’ll ever get to it.
  I have made notes, many of them. On scrap paper. On “Things To Do Today” note paper. Memos to myself. And daily, diary entries.

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• An Obituary … (Somewhat Unusual) By: Joe Ball, Publisher

  Published on January 23, 2008.

  Personal Thoughts … An Open Diary An Obituary … (Somewhat Unusual) By: Joe Ball There was a death in my immediate family recently. It ended a close relationship of over 11 years. My car died. My Mercury Grand Marquis, which joined my household in April 1998, died suddenly. No warning. No sputtering. Just dead. What turned out to be my

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