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May 5, 2010

Mystery Mother of Long Ago

I wonder who she was. My “Common Female Ancestor,” as she was called in the write-up that came with the results of the DNA test I took. We all have one, this mother from another time, or we would not be here today.

My Mother’s Daughter

As an adjunct professor teaching four writing classes, I’m flooded with student papers. In one of my classes, an outspoken student looked at a tower of students’ essays on the edge of my desk and said, “I’d rather wash floors than have your job.”

Fish in a Barrel

A year ago, I decided to sign up for an online dating service.\n\nDon’t bother calling my wife — she already knows.

Big Sunday draws hundreds to projects across SoCal [SLIDESHOW]

Ben Morris beamed with pride as he stood back and watched his fellow volunteers paint a mural for the Los Angeles Ministry Project’s playground in South Los Angeles during Big Sunday, a weekend-long Southland charity event that took place May 1-2.

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