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Teresa Lee

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Not quite a native Ripley Countian - she attended only her last year of high school in Doniphan though she taught in the R-1 system for 32 years - Teresa (Pearson) Lee delights in surprising readers and herself with anecdotal observations of life in general. Maybe you can blame her St.Louis roots for a quirky humor and some slightly-askewed opinions, but never doubt she writes from the heart. For additional writings, check out her Close to Home Blog.

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Wednesday, June 10, 2020

As a gifted songwriter who pens words with universal appeal, Dolly Parton does more than compose lines that rhyme, manipulate syllables and create the perfect rhythm in her songs. And that is all before she writes notes that emit tunes that tug at our hearts. The end of May she released a new song composed during the isolation of the COVID-19 crisis titled “When Life is Good Again” and I cried when I listened. I wondered why, beyond the fact that I’m a sentimental sap who can tear up at the sight of a tree toppled in a storm or of a roadkill possum. 

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