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A Volunteer Team of Grandmas Dispense Street-side Wisdom to Those Who Need a Considerate Ear

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A Volunteer Team of Grandmas Dispense Street-side Wisdom to Those Who Need a Considerate Ear

The Grandma Stand – credit, Graham Meyers for the City of McKinney From Canada’s “As it Happens” comes a story by way of Texas of a “Grandma Stand” where volunteer elders offer to lend an ear to anyone beset by troubles. Anyone can walk by the purple lemonade stand and sit down across from a … Read more

3 Rebel Nuns Escape Senior Home to Return to Their Abbey Prompting a Win in Showdown with Church

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3 Rebel Nuns Escape Senior Home to Return to Their Abbey Prompting a Win in Showdown with Church

The Goldenstein Castle, in Elsbethen, Austria – credit, CC BY-SA 3.0. Arne Müseler From Austria comes the story of 3 ‘rebel’ nuns who left an elderly care home and broke into the historic abbey where they had lived their entire adult lives. While doing so they made headlines worldwide, amassed a captivated and supportive following … Read more