The poem “Joan our Icon” is reprinted with kind permission from About Now by Richard Reeve (Maungatua Press, $25), named by poetry czar Nick Ascroft in ReadingRoom in December as the best collection ...

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Vaddie Todd celebrated her 108th birthday at McGregor Independent Living, where she's resided for nearly 19 years.

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