Rae Sedgwick

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The siren song of opera
By Rae Sedgwick
October 2, 2008
Once in a while life hands you a moment that you know will never come again; it is a moment one savors for as long as one is allowed to hold such moments.
Niece’s spouse enriches entire family
By Rae Sedgwick
September 25, 2008
“Bo Smith has altered the cinema landscape in Boston”, writes Ty Burner in the Sept. 19 Boston Globe. He is leaving Boston to become executive director of the Denver Film Society.
Get digging to prepare for election
By Rae Sedgwick
September 18, 2008
“We are not fruit flies, we are voters, we can read and write, we didn’t just fall off the coal truck.” - Garrison Keillor
Veterans deserve better care
By Rae Sedgwick
September 11, 2008
At a recent conference, a mother of a young soldier talked with me about her son, who had just returned from Iraq. She is concerned, as many parents and spouses are, about the health and welfare of the returning soldier.
Soldiers at risk for many reasons
By Rae Sedgwick
September 4, 2008
I did not support the war, but I have never failed to support those who fight there. I did not support the war for a number of reasons: the intervention seemed impulsive, a knee-jerk reaction to horrific events and an intervention that should have been discussed more thoroughly by Congress, not the decision of one or two men; it is a war that would wreck havoc in the lives of not only soldiers but their families as well.
It’s difficult being a community
By Rae Sedgwick
August 28, 2008
The parking lot was barely dotted with cars when I arrived at the church for the annual Mayor’s Banquet on the most recent Tiblow Day celebration. I wondered perhaps if I had the wrong place, wrong date. I was just early as usual.
Sharing sweet rolls, friendship
By Rae Sedgwick
August 21, 2008
There is a house along the parade route, where we used to gather for Tiblow Days. It is a big two-story, frame house -much like the farm house where the woman who owned the house when we gathered there lived in her early years in Nebraska.
Film details march to independence
By Rae Sedgwick
August 14, 2008
“The Singing Revolution” opened recently in Kansas City. Within hours the lines were long and people were unable to buy tickets. I was fortunate to attend the opening performance.
Dinner offers good company
By Rae Sedgwick
August 7, 2008
he annual spaghetti dinner always creates a stir of excitement this time of year. It is an endeavor of seniors who are, as we all know, the crown jewels in this crown we call our community. At the last community band concert they were out in full force, announcing the upcoming dinner: Aug. 8 at the First Christian Church on Nettleton.
Lindsborg a welcoming small town
By Rae Sedgwick
July 31, 2008
Lindsborg is a small, Swedish town in Kansas, located 40 miles south of Salina. It is in the heart of the Flint Hills and bordered on the west by a small rise named Coronado Heights.

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