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Irritations Out in February

February 18, 2020February 13, 2020 Len Bourland 0 Comments Column, February, Len Bourland, Opinion, Park Cities, preston hollow

What do answers, combs, debts, phlegm, and February have in common? Those pesky silent letters which drive kids nuts on spelling tests.

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2020: Perfect Vision

January 17, 2020January 16, 2020 Len Bourland 0 Comments 2020, Column, Community, Len Bourland, New Year, Park Cities, preston hollow

2020. It conjures up perfect vision. Wouldn’t that be nice in the new year?

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Students Want Real-World Lessons

August 20, 2019 Staff Report 0 Comments Column, education, Greenhill School, ronak dhingra

I’ve been in school for about 3,600 days. That’s 28,800 hours of school from pre-K-11th grade.

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Beating Heat and Robocalls

July 22, 2019November 15, 2019 Len Bourland 0 Comments Calls, Column, Communtiy, Len Bourland, Nomorobo, Robocalls

It’s that infernal part of the year when Dallasites scramble to exit for a bit of respite before the pace quickens.

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Thermostat Gender Wars

July 8, 2019November 15, 2019 Len Bourland 0 Comments Column, Community, Fourth of July, Hot Temperatures, Len Bourland, memorial day, summer, Thermostat

From Memorial Day until the Fourth of July, Americans are happy and proud, as both events are bookended with a salute to our troops over the centuries, our freedoms, dining on burgers while watching fireworks.

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Joy in June

May 31, 2019November 15, 2019 Len Bourland 0 Comments Column, Community, Dallasite, Dallasites, June, Len Bourland, The Second Mountain: The Quest For A Moral Life

June is arguably the best month of summer for Dallasites: light and cool enough to sit outside, relaxed enough for the kids to stay up a little later, and paced a little less frenzied.

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Seeking Balance In Culture, Nature

May 9, 2019November 15, 2019 Len Bourland 0 Comments Balance, Column, Community, Diets, Len Bourland

Hi, I’m Len, and I’m a recovering dieter.

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Springtime is Diet Time

April 12, 2019November 15, 2019 Len Bourland 0 Comments Column, Community, diet, Health, Len Bourland, spring

When April flowers emerge, and grays and blacks and woolens of winter go into the closet, out come florals, cotton,

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Wading Through All the Fake Stuff

February 21, 2019November 15, 2019 Len Bourland 0 Comments Column, Community, Fake News, Len Bourland, news

The bogus email I just deleted was an invoice for $672, ostensibly from a business friend. Who got hacked? We both sighed and changed our passwords. Discerning reality is exhausting these days: fake bills, fake phone calls from “government agencies,” fake news. Especially that.

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Be Better Versions of Ourselves

February 20, 2019November 15, 2019 Patricia Martin 0 Comments Bishop Edward Burns, Column, Community, Holy Trinity Parish Leadership Council, Pat Martin, Sexual Abuse, TASC Force

Do you ever notice that sometimes a word or thought repeatedly comes up in your mind and you wonder why?

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Such a Short, Mercurial Month

February 1, 2019November 15, 2019 Len Bourland 0 Comments Column, Community, February, Len Bourland, Valentine's Day

February is an important month in the culture wars. The shortest month roars in with the Super Bowl, not only pitting football fans against each other but also

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