Rae Sedgwick

Rae Sedgwick is a contributing columnist for The Chieftain and Sentinel.

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A checkout counter
By Rae Sedgwick
January 25, 2012
Agatha Christie had her English Village; I have my local grocery store.
Swearing at mules, singing hymns of praise
By Rae Sedgwick
January 4, 2012
What caught my eye in the latest edition is a column by Willdra Walker, which she calls “The Will to Worship.”
Earthquake tremors cause ‘one weird night’
By Rae Sedgwick
December 14, 2011
I have been told that my old house is haunted. I only tell you this because it has to do with my reaction to the earthquake in Oklahoma, which many here felt but didn’t know what it was.
Bells ring for freedom
By Rae Sedgwick
November 16, 2011
It was midnight in Amsterdam. A full moon reflected off the canal flowing under our window, where we sat listening to the ringing of the bells.
Awareness of cancer, vigilance never ending
By Rae Sedgwick
November 2, 2011
By the time you read this, October will be over.
Beginning a journey back to self
By Rae Sedgwick
02:32 p.m., October 26, 2011 Updated 04:07 p.m.
I believe the journey back to myself began that morning, under a sky that never really changed; beneath a heaven that waited even as I wandered through a desolate place.
Sedgwick: Road trip renews memories of tasty treats, turkey hunts
By Rae Sedgwick
October 6, 2011
Apple pie and small-town cafes come to my mind when I hit the Wellsville exit, traveling Interstate 35 south to a meeting in Emporia. A generous slice of homemade apple pie, topped with a slab of cheese and served up with a hot cup of heavy, dark, homebrewed coffee — the image drifted into my mind from some inner recess.
Storm miles away strengthens bonds between family, friends
By Rae Sedgwick
September 8, 2011
Many of us have had friends or family in harm’s way recently. Even those of us who were not television watchers were glued to CNN or other news channels, charting the wind, rain and eye of Hurricane Irene as it coursed its way up the Eastern Seaboard.
Simple goodness missing for more than a blue moon
By Rae Sedgwick
August 18, 2011
Once in a blue moon, there is moment of quietude in the daily occupation. It is a moment when time seems to stand still, and pressures of the day fall away. It seems to come, when it does, in the early-morning hours, when there are no cars and no walkers yet out.
Sedgwick: Passing of patriach reminder of life lessons
By Rae Sedgwick
July 28, 2011
He made the rules and we followed them — sort of followed them. When we railed against them, as all youngsters do, we knew we challenged a formidable force.

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