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Meet the Artist: Pat Carroll Bonander, Waterworks by Pat
“We don’t make mistakes; we have happy accidents.” —Bob Ross Local watercolor artist Pat Carroll Bonander takes Bob Ross’s sage advice to heart when capturing her unique view of nature. A simple stroke of Pat’s brush often has a different effect than originally intended, but those happy kinds of accidents turn out...
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A Final Thought: Bogart Was A Good Dog
For many years we’ve had a dog named Bogart and a cat named Bacall. If you are of a certain age, I need not explain these names to you. The cat is benign, one of a rescue litter my wife and daughter bottle fed several times a day for four weeks after the mother was killed. I don’t see Bacall often. She is largely invisible. Friends have...
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Exactly’s team of top agents is helping sellers net more profit when they’re ready to make a move
Since it was founded in 2018, Exactly has been on the grow, thanks to its innovative real estate business model, and in part to the more than a hundred Mimi magazine readers who have sold their homes with this local real estate firm after reading about its flat-rate fee savings. Instead of paying the usual real estate commission based on a...
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On the fanny fence with your hemorrhoids
Patience is a virtue. Wait it out. This too shall pass. I can take it. These are just some of the mantras people who come to me for treatment of hemorrhoids have subscribed to before deciding to end their suffering. But the pain, itching, burning and bleeding caused by hemorrhoids don’t go away. It gets worse. Yet, some people still...
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Hassle-free baths and Christmas in July with Bath R Us
Tile can look nice in a shower or tub surround. But it also can create a major headache, cautions Chad Howman, owner of Bath R Us. “Tile grout is porous, and when water gets into the grout it can get behind the tile,” Chad explains. “Because mold and mildew grows where it’s wet and dark, you can end up with a big patch of mold or...
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