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    Articles by Bertha Cooper
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    Think About It: Flying our kite on windless...
    By Bertha Cooper • October 5, 2022 1:30 am

    I have never flown a kite, but I have watched many others fly all manner of kites on windy days…

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    Think About It: Gigs are up!
    Think About It: Gigs are up!
    By Bertha Cooper • September 21, 2022 1:30 am

    Keeping supplied with the basics — food, drink, toilet paper, laundry detergent and kitty litter — can be a challenge…

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    Bertha Cooper
    Think About It: Live and learn
    By Bertha Cooper • September 7, 2022 1:30 am

    “Inconvenient,” husband Paul proclaimed when he realized there was yet another obstacle stopping him from doing something he very much…

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    Bertha Cooper
    Think About It: Ordinary longing
    By Bertha Cooper • August 24, 2022 1:30 am

    The intensity of the hospice experience separates husband Paul and me from other experiences in an ethereal way. At least…

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    Bertha Cooper
    Think About It: Bits and pieces
    By Bertha Cooper • August 10, 2022 1:30 am

    Six weeks have passed since we learned husband Paul’s heart is finishing its run. Almost immediately I began to have…

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    Bertha Cooper
    Think About It: Air lines and life lines
    By Bertha Cooper • July 27, 2022 1:30 am

    Husband Paul and I took a rare trip outside our home. The occasion was a doctor’s appointment. I overcame my…

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    Think About It:The day will come
    By Bertha Cooper • July 13, 2022 1:30 am

    Husband Paul and I have been together 52 years. We will celebrate 50 years of marriage on Aug. 17.

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    Bertha Cooper
    Think About It: Out of sight, out of...
    By Bertha Cooper • June 15, 2022 1:30 am

    In the spirit of relating my personal understanding of the theme of this column, I offer this experience from my…

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    Bertha Cooper
    Think About It: Collecting grief
    By Bertha Cooper • June 1, 2022 1:30 am

    The enormity of the tragedy of another school shooting overwhelmed me. I cried when I heard 14 children were shot…

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    Bertha Cooper
    Think About It: Reluctant witness
    By Bertha Cooper • May 18, 2022 1:30 am

    Birth control was legalized in 1965 just in time for my first experience at marriage. The Supreme Court ruled in…

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    Bertha Cooper
    Think About It: What and when’s normal?
    By Bertha Cooper • May 4, 2022 1:30 am

    Two years ago, about one month into the pandemic, I wrote a column called “On Hold.” I lamented the sudden…

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    Bertha Cooper
    Thnk About It: Taxing time
    By Bertha Cooper • April 20, 2022 1:30 am

    I have lived a tax-sheltered life for nearly 80 years. The only exception was my last year of college and…

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    Bertha Cooper
    Think About It: The tyranny of certainty, Part...
    By Bertha Cooper • April 6, 2022 1:30 am

    The COVID-19 pandemic proved fertile ground for escalating the political divisions of our country into what could cause irreparable harm…

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