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Paulanne Simmons

Getting a New Coat! Thirty-seven years ago I wrote the first ad to launch the New York Cares Coat Drive. It is now the oldest such campaign in the United States. It is one of my proudest accomplishments. When I see advertsements for the campaign every fall, I am not only reminded of this accomplishment, but also of the fact that I am a year old. It's like a second birthday, only the gifts go to all the people who get new coats. In life, we don't often get the chance to play a

Rev. Gregoary's Booth The last time I went to the doctor, the first question I was asked was, “Are you depressed?” My answer was, “Who...

I bought a cowboy hat in Austin. It was my birthday, and I wanted to get myself a present. The hat makes me look ten years younger.   I...

By the time I was reading comic books, Betty Boop, a Depression era  phenomenon who was actually a caricature of a Jazz era flapper, had...