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Thursday, June 28, 2012

'Granny Cahn' set the example

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         Janice Cahn showed us how to be a great grandparent.         Beatrice, my sister and I find being grandparents an absolute joy, f...
Monday, June 25, 2012

Sports and Captains made our summers

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     Your blogs bring back great memories of times (Times) past in Shreveport sports (Sports). I remembered some names, but then looked up...
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

A little sister. How cute.

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      It's a good thing I wasn't an only child. It would have been so boring.      No one to pick on. No one to torment. No one to...
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Monday, June 18, 2012

Crates, roaches, a sewing machine ... and a stoop

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     Back to Shreveport, 1956 and '57. The memories of our family's first year and a half in the United States are many; the details...
Saturday, June 16, 2012

Welcome to Medicare ... age 65

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        So here I am at 65. Today I'm officially in the Medicare generation, although I've been covered for a couple of weeks now. ...
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Friday, June 8, 2012

The legendary man, Mr. Byrd

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    Lunch at one of our favorite spots in Shreveport, Strawn's Eat Shop, with Bea, daughter Rachel-- and Jerry Byrd. Rachel is a freshm...
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

A "new" Star-Telegram. Get used to it.

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   The Fort Worth Star-Telegram is the best newspaper of the seven I worked for in 40-plus years. And that's saying something because s...
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Friday, June 1, 2012

Newspapers: Love 'em, leave 'em

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       For those of us who love reading newspapers, who have worked at newspapers, the shock waves keep coming.              You would thin...
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Monday, May 28, 2012

A Memorial Day memory

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       Memorial Day -- a day for remembering our servicemen, a day of reflection, a day of peace.       It was Memorial Day two years ago, ...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Proud to be an American

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      Posted this photo of a special certificate on Facebook a year ago today, and it received as much response as anything I've posted....
Friday, May 18, 2012

He's taken life to the Max

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        His given name is Brian. Never heard anyone call him that. It's always been Butch ... Butch Smart. And beginning in the mid-1960...
Friday, May 11, 2012

Tommy Tresh: troublemaker

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      About that day in high school when I almost got sent to the assistant principal's office ... it was Tom Tresh's fault. Tommy...
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Nico Van Thyn
Born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, came to the U.S. in 1956 at age 8, grew up in Shreveport, La., graduate of Woodlawn High School and Louisiana Tech University, sports writer/editor/copy editor for 45-plus years.
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