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Melinda Wentzel
Planet Mom: It’s where I live, probably eating leftovers. Visit me there at http://www.melindawentzel.com and http://www.facebook.com/NotesfromPlanetMom. Caricature by Simon Ellinas.

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Hand in My Pocket — Or Lack Thereof 0
Melinda Wentzel
- Stories
- August 26, 2026
I can’t begin to express how frustrated I’ve been forever over something that is a nonissue for at least half the population. To say that it rankles me to discover, yet again, that an item of clothing I am on the verge of buying HAS NO POCKETS is an understatement. I’m sure people near me
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Play Ball!0
Melinda Wentzel
- Little League, Sports
- August 19, 2026
As this publication hits mailboxes throughout Lycoming County, youth baseball teams from all over the world, regional marching bands, colorful floats and special guests will soon participate in the Little League Grand Slam Parade, headed down West Fourth Street in Williamsport to the delight of onlookers packing the sidewalks. I can attest to the fact
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Keeper of Things 0
Melinda Wentzel
- Stories
- July 29, 2026
When it comes to saving things, I understand — especially if there’s an element of practicality or sentiment behind the decision. I’ve kept plenty of things from my past that are functional or have meant something to me, as I’ve expressed here in these pages. But I draw the line when the items in question
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Grave Matters 0
Melinda Wentzel
- Stories
- July 22, 2026
It’s inevitable — we’ll all die. Sometime. We just hope that it’s not too soon, or at least I hope that. As Jim Morrison of the Doors once famously remarked, “No one here gets out alive,” and I don’t think any truer words could’ve ever been spoken. Regardless of how logical this statement appears to
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Jet Lag 0
Melinda Wentzel
- Stories
- July 15, 2026
Confession: My husband and I haven’t flown in over 16 years — and it shows. I don’t know how that happened, it just did. Life got in the way of our travel plans, I guess. At any rate, we looked like fools at the airport, not realizing that people check in with an electronic kiosk
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