I always speak to you, my compassionate readers, from my heart. So, I want to tell you that this is the hardest time I’ve had writing a column in the 27 years I’ve been a Cape Cod Times columnist. I ...

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My first journalism job was long ago, covering events at my high school for the local paper. Writing this column is the second. I've been at it since last April, and that first anniversary has put me ...

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