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I’d only just stepped into the shower when I noticed it. The bright orange body of the thing embedded in my left calf was unmistakable.
On a rainy Saturday morning when I’d …
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Jeanne Sager
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5/2/23
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“We are among the privileged, that’s for sure.” It’s not the sort of thing you might expect to hear from someone less than 24 hours after a tornado had torn through their …
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By Jeanne Sager
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4/25/23
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When you grow up in the sort of town that has narrow unmarked roads, the kind that require drivers to pull to the side to let another car pass, there are rules you learn early.
Walk on …
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Jeanne Sager
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4/18/23
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If you’ve walked into a local establishment of late, you might have noticed the signs warning that any purchase beneath a certain dollar value will have to be paid for in cash.
And …
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Jeanne Sager
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4/11/23
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It’s that time of year when we join the bears in stumbling out of hibernation only to realize that, quite suddenly, everything has to be done.
The mower blade needs to be sharpened. …
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Jeanne Sager
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4/4/23
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Scientists tell us it’s officially Ok to welcome the beginning of spring when the Earth’s equator is aligned directly with the sun on the vernal equinox, a phenomenon that came to pass …
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Jeanne Sager
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3/28/23
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“Whoaaaaaaa! We’re going to be in the paper! Can it be the front page?”
If you want to win the heart of a newspaper’s photojournalist, this is your road map.
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Jeanne Sager
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3/21/23
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Want to hear a magic trick? Admit to a small child that you, a grown-up who they do not see on a regular basis or may not even recall seeing, know their name.
As a photojournalist for …
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Jeanne Sager
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3/14/23
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I took my first photo for the Democrat more than two decades ago. I was a high school intern who had absolutely no idea what she was doing, but then that’s the nature of being an intern, …
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Jeanne Sager
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3/7/23
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Do you know whose land you're living on?
It's a question that may seem like a trick. If you own your home, it's yours, right? if you rent, it's your landlord's?
Not exactly. Long …
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Jeanne Sager
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2/28/23
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We didn't have a list at the beginning, but we didn't need it. What we had to teach came almost instinctively.
How to grasp food between two tiny fingers.
How to hold a spoon. …
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Jeanne Sager
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2/21/23
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In the years since I became a homeowner, I've found a long list of things that set you apart from the person you thought you'd be in high school.
Did a teenage me dream of walking around …
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Jeanne Sager
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2/14/23
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