Living
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On a beautiful spring morning, Brenda Pender stands pondering one of her gardens. Specifically, she is looking at a sofa — the sofa. When she was designing this backyard a couple of years ago, she knew that she needed something in that exact spot. A cooking area and a dining area flowed one into the other, one space arching a bit in one direction, the other then arching a bit in another.
When you are sticky with sweat, nothing tastes better than an icy treat on a stick. A pop is the perfect break from mowing the lawn, weeding the garden or playing in the yard. Even if you aren’t engaged in strenuous summer activity, it’s a nice treat while relaxing on the front porch.
The economy may be wreaking havoc on some aspects of American life, but just as during the Great Depression, the entertainment industry is going strong.
A piece of Macon's history was demolished Thursday, ending one school era and hastening the start of a new one. An excavator roared through the construction site where the new $38.6 million Central High School is being rebuilt, ripping down yellow brick walls from the last remaining building of the old Lanier High School built in the 1920s.
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news.mcclatchy.com headlines
- Growing numbers of poor people swamp legal aid offices
- U.S. military didn't want to release Iranians held in Iraq
- Obama visits with Pope Benedict at end of Italy trip
- Levi Johnson says Palin stepped down for money, family
- Roberto Micheletti, de facto Honduras president, is admired and loathed
