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Dealing with blood tests

Parents have been asking me some pointed questions as to how to better help their child deal with getting a blood test or injection. Let me see if I can make this topic a lot less painful for children and parents. and children. - Some positive ways to help prepare your ...

Alight with the holy spirit — of Winter Carnival, that is

Even though Winter Carnival is in full swing, I wrote this before the coronation, when I had no idea who our king and queen would be. But guess what? If I were writing this as the coronation began, I’d STILL have no idea. And I’m a Winter Carnival Committee member no less! The kings and ...

The Davos Blocks

Note: The Stevenson Society of America wishes everyone an enjoyable cartoon-themed Winter Carnival with the reprinting of this column by Mike Delahant and first printed in the Enterprise on Sept. 1, 2022. From the Saranac Lake News, Feb. 8, 1917: “Mr. Osbourne also spoke of the wood blocks ...

Penny wise, pound foolish

“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” — Hamlet (Act I, Scene IV), William Shakespeare I have a horse named Penny. I bought her for a dollar, whose value plummeted through no fault of her own. - Just between us girls - Penny began her life adored by two girls who ...