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What are liquid calories and how do they affect our overall health? Liquid calories are found in drinks like soda, juice, alcohol, coffee (flavored), sports drinks and meal replacement drinks along with many others.
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11/13/24
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If I didn't have to share mental space with an inner 12-year-old, I would've already put on a pair of progressive glasses or bifocals and been done with it. That's what most people my age do.
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11/6/24
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In scarcely more than a week, it seems, the verdant and overgrown woods of summer have given way to the colorful tapestry of fall.
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11/6/24
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The U.S. Census website reports the most recent data available below:
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11/6/24
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The Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz needed oiled. Do your joints need to be oiled?
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11/6/24
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I’m ashamed to admit this, but I spent Sunday afternoon wrapping Christmas presents. Although Halloween is this week, this old lady started wrapping presents.
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10/30/24
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When I was a young girl, I was told I was stubborn. Looking back I think I just knew what I wanted and how I wanted to do things. Words like headstrong and independent were words I heard. My dad was not one for complements, but I heard him once tell someone. If Karen sets her mind to it, she will do it. That made me feel like he was proud of me and I could do anything.
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10/30/24
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I’m not sure how it happened, but Tom and I raised three kids who love scary movies. It wasn’t genetic.
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10/30/24
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While at cardiac rehab last week, the workers asked a patient why he had always worn a baseball cap. He explained he had worn a cap since he was a youngster. His wife also works out with him during his heart rehabilitation. She perks up and tells the room that once in a while, she walks into the living room and finds him sitting in his lounger in his underwear and baseball cap.
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10/23/24
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I take pride in calling myself an Ozarker, and indeed I am.
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10/23/24
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I have a problem. And if the first step is admitting it, here goes: I'm a snooze abuser. If there's a snooze to use, I'll do it. Again and again.
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10/23/24
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October 22, 2019, I was biking on the Katy Trail with my sister and two good friends. I received a phone call that my oldest son had died. I was devastated to say the least. Numb for days.
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10/23/24
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I’ve been struggling with an assignment from the Midnight Writers, a writing club I attend once a month, along with other Dallas County wordsmiths.
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10/16/24
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When I was a boy learning of life in the woods, my dad taught me to recognize animals by what they left behind — the contents of their scat.
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10/16/24
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When I get up in the morning, the first thing I do – before caffeine and hygiene – is trick the dog and cat. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't. But the attempt has become my morning ritual – an act of love and deception.
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10/16/24
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Walnuts, pistachios, pecans, almonds, cashews, chestnuts. Also macadamia, brazil, and peanuts. There are over 20 different varieties of delectable nuts. I have not eaten a nut I did not like.
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10/16/24
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I overheard a conversation. “Grandma means what she says and says what she means,” my oldest granddaughter told her brother about five years ago. A few years later, he said the same to the littlest sister.
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10/9/24
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As I sit to write this, Buffalo is preparing to host another Celtic festival to celebrate the Scots-Irish heritage of many Ozarks families.
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10/9/24
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One of the many reasons we love food, other than survival and taste, is the way it intertwines and defines the progression of our lives. So, can you capture your life in five foods? Let's find out.
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10/9/24
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You have always heard calories in calories out for weight loss. Does that mean calories are equal and it does not matter what you consume? No. The same amount of fat, carbs and protein all process differently in your body.
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10/2/24
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Why do we hold on to things, make collections as a hobby, or save fine silver for special occasions?
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10/2/24
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Regardless of age or level of education, sometimes we think we know things only to find out we were wrong or knew only a fraction of the facts. That’s what happened last week when I discovered details about the human nose that blew my mind (and my nose). Since we’re at the beginning of cold and flu season, I’ll share a story that your nose knows, which perhaps you don’t.
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10/2/24
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As of Monday, Sept. 30, my daughter Melissa’s mother, DeAnn, has been gone 30 years. The date is an important mile marker for me, my daughter and all who remember Dee, but I let it pass with little notice, just a telephone call to Melissa.
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10/2/24
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Prior to this year's Fair Grove Heritage Reunion, the introduction to a television program announced, "Tens of Thousands expected in the small Ozarks town celebrating its 47th Heritage Reunion festival," on KSMU, by Gregory Holman, published September 19, 2024 at 10:58 A.M.
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10/2/24
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