Solitary parenting sparks letters to Dear Abby
Readers weigh in on raising children to enjoy quiet time. Parents share how solo activities foster confidence, reading, and curiosity in kids. The exchange includes anecdotes from Colorado to California and notes on introvert versus extrovert traits.
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Textbooks For Rent Offer Big Savings For Students
Hints from Heloise share tips on renting textbooks to save money, plus reader notes on hair clips for roses, lipstick usage, garden hose storage, credit card reconciliation, and easy opening of bottled products. Many readers from various locales contribute practical, everyday efficiency ideas.
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Dominion executive co produces Civil War film Field of Lost Shoes
Dominion Resources president and CEO Thomas Farrell II helped write and produce a Civil War drama about the Virginia Military Institute cadets at New Market. Filming starts at VMI in Lexington with shoots at the Capitol Powhatan farm and a James River plantation. Stars David Arquette Tom Skerritt and Jason Isaacs directed by Sean McNamara. Working title Field of Lost Shoes.
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