Author: Judith Richardson
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The Eyes Have It
Categories: Uncategorized
The eyes have it Drink to me only with your eyes Keepers creepers where’d you get those peepers This little tale is dedicated to Dr. Rauen(alias Dr. Hunk) and his great team at the Wolfe Eye Clinic and Surgery. Chapter One “Through a glass darkly..” I Corinthians 13:12 KJV I first noticed a troublesome change…
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Smile At the Baby
Categories: Parenting
By Judy Richardson, Revised in 2025 from an article in Iowa Parent, 1999. As a new parent, there is nothing more beautiful than your baby. Yes, even covered with yuck and yelling its head off, that little “flesh of our flesh and blood of our blood” is a marvelous miracle. How sweet, how wonderful…what…
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How Much Is Enough?
From Iowa Parent Magazine by Judy Richardson, 1999. As Christmas approaches, the classic holiday scenario plays out before our eyes hundreds of times in the glitz of television and media films and ads. Wide-eyed kids in neat little robes and slippers creep into a beautifully decorated family room to find stacks and stacks of…
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The Eyes Have It
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This little tale is dedicated to Dr. Proven(alias Dr. Hunk) and his great team at the Wolfe Eye Clinic and Surgery. Chapter One “Through a glass darkly..” I Corinthians 13:12 KJV I first noticed a troublesome change in my vision when the view through my car windshield became smokey. At first, I contributed it to…
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The Fairy Godmother Coffee Club
The monthly meeting of the Retired Fairy Godmother Coffee Club(RFGCC) was about to convene in the comfy apartment of Madame Coy. The club had been meeting less often since the Covid pandemic had forced them to meet on Zoom, but now that the crisis seemed to be over the ladies decided it was okay to…
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The Caretakers Challenge.
When I decided to write a blog on care takers my first idea was to share with my readers my life with C.H. Wendel. Chuck was my third husband. Just a short year after we married he had a serious stroke that resulted in his being wheelchair bound. We were together for nearly nine years…
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Cursive then Keyboard
If your children or grandchildren did not learn cursive writing, you should be concerned. There is a growing body of research that shows a strong connection between cursive writing and learning. Some clearly suggest that is impacts a child’s learning to read. While learning to read requires additional strategies, these studies have shown an impressive…
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Iowa Autumn
Iowa Autumn Suddenly it’s September. The locusts are humming their familiar winter forecast. These last hot, muggy “Indian” summer days Iowa seems so dull and plodding. Enclosed in safe, shuttered sameness. Here it seems the only seasons change to entertain, inspire, Or to interrupt the repetition of our passing years. A sameness, timed to the…
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Parent Tips Revisited
Categories: Parenting
Teen Smoking Should parents in 2025 be concerned about children smoking cigarettes or using tobacco in other ways? The answer is yes. While the number of teens smoking has declined. A 2024 study by the National Cancer Institute reports that of the 9.8% of children in grades 6-12 are tobacco users. The study reminds us…