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  • Grand Mom
On February 15, 2012May 20, 2021
Audrey Mettel Fixmer

Grand Mom is one tech-happy granny

After celebrating my 84th birthday recently, I went to bed feeling more warmly loved than ever before.

I had heard from all 10 of my children and most of my grandchildren.

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  • Around the Diocese
On December 14, 2011December 7, 2022
Sue Klamer Barry, For the Catholic Herald

Apostolate Mass, dinner tells story of Christ’s birth

On Saturday, Dec. 3, despite the rainy weather outside, a beautiful time of sharing, celebrating, and entertaining took place at the Apostolate to the Handicapped’s annual Christmas Mass and dinner party held at Monroe High School.

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  • Grand Mom
On September 15, 2011May 20, 2021
Audrey Mettel Fixmer

Inspiration from my elders

grand mom

Remember how you always looked up to the “older” ones?

When you were four, they were the six-year-olds; they went to school. But when you got to school yourself, it was the eighth graders who were the big shots, and to them it was the high school kids, who looked up to the college kids, etc.

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  • Grand Mom
On July 21, 2011May 20, 2021
Audrey Mettel Fixmer

Farm fresh and fabulous

grand mom

Some of my fondest memories of my childhood in the ‘30s were the Sunday afternoon visits to our country cousins.

We’d all pile into Daddy’s new model Chevy, (he sold them, so we always had a new one), drive the 20 miles or more to run in the fields, jump in the hay mow, and watch the animals warily, keeping a safe distance.

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  • Around the Diocese
On February 19, 2009February 21, 2024
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Over 60 Resource Directory released

People age 60 and older in Dane County are about to receive a wealth of knowledge at their fingertips as the Dane County Agency on Aging, along with St. Mary’s Hospital, release their biennial Over 60 Resource Directory.

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