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Weekend Wanderer: The End of Tax Season … for Now
The tax return saga hurtles on. Working with Willie, I was finally — gloriously, spectacularly — able to access her online IRS account. And discovered Willie was, um, right. Wow. That was painful to say. She had — as she told me repeatedly — filed a tax return in 2018. I was thrilled. Not as…
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With Help from Malvern Nonprofit, Brain Aneurysm Survivor ‘Fights Back’
Chris McIver was working one of his three jobs to support his wife and son when he suddenly collapsed from a brain aneurysm. While his long road to recovery involved medicines, therapy, and more, it still wasn’t enough. This is when Malvern nonprofit Fighting Back Scholarship Program stepped in, writes Matteo Iadonisi for 6ABC. Started…
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Weekend Wanderer: No, the Taxes Still Aren’t Filed
When we left Willie, she hadn’t filed tax returns since 2017. Willie and I tried — with an utter lack of success — to access Willie’s IRS account online. In an article from The Washington Post, an elder law attorney explained that accessing financial accounts of elderly parents is a federal crime unless you have…
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Instead of a Party, Malvern Student Gives Back to Community for Her Birthday
15-year old Jordyn Jones-Shakur, a Malvern resident and student at Great Valley High School, has given back to her community for her past two birthdays, a move that inspired her family and made them proud, writes Bill Rettew for The Daily Local News. Instead of presents or a party, Jones-Shakur asked family and friends to…
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Doylestown Native Pink Celebrates Wedding Anniversary By Sharing Rare Photos with Husband Carey Hart
Doylestown native Pink celebrated her 18th wedding anniversary by sharing several photos of her and her husband Carey Hart, writes Annie O’Sullivan for Cosmopolitan. The gallery features pictures from when the pair first met, their Costa Rica wedding in 2006, red carpet photos, and more recent photographs with their two children, twelve-year-old Willow and six-year-old…
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Weekend Wanderer: The Ides of January
So I had sorted through Willie’s papers and the most recent tax return I could find was from 2017. The documents I’d located were a patchwork of W2s and 1099s. Social security W2s for both Indy and Willie from 2021? Check. Social security W2s for both Indy and Willie from 2018? Not so much. I…
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Weekend Wanderer: Tax Season Has Turned into Tax Year
Willie — oh, Willie. Willie hasn’t filed a tax return. In years. And I’m not going to lie. I started this whole thing with good intentions but now I’m kind of hoping Willie goes to jail. January 2023 morphed into April 2023 and still Willie hadn’t made an appointment with her accountant. So I made…
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From South Philly to Penn State Abington, Alumni Friends’ 58-year ‘Love Story’ Endures
From 1965 through 1967, 12 young men ventured out of South Philadelphia each day. They rode a trolley, then they descended into the subway, and at the last stop, they took the steps back up to Broad Street and hopped on a bus. Finally, they walked a half-mile down a suburban street without sidewalks in all kinds of…
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Weekend Wanderer: Hooked on Hallmark Christmas Movies
I’m a snob. I thought Hallmark Christmas movies were, well, inferior. Not byzantine, like Game of Thrones. Or witty like The West Wing. I was wrong. Hallmark movies are like soap operas — except happy. And I only stopped watching soaps because All My Children and One Life to Live were canceled. I mean, did…
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Weekend Wanderer: The Christmas Wreath That Isn’t a Wreath
I have a complaint. Grave blankets are not blankets. And I’m — I’m kind of annoyed they’re not blankets. I know, I know. It’s an odd thing to get worked up over. But I thought grave blankets were blankets and they’re not blankets and I want them to be blankets. See, for years, Indy and…
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Weekend Wanderer: Christmas Decorating, Thwarted
I didn’t decorate for Halloween. I’m talking about Christmas today. Really. I am. But in case you haven’t picked up on it, I don’t know where to start. Ooh — I know. We’ll start with the day I bought my house. The same way every haunted house story starts. Except I do not have a…
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Eagles’ Jason Kelce, Wife Kylie, Keep It Real at Home Despite the Public Spotlight
Kylie Kelce is certainly experiencing more than just 15 minutes of fame. The wife of Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce still finds herself adjusting to their new celebrity status, which seems to grow and change daily. It’s gone well beyond football, particularly with brother Travis Kelce’s relationship now with Taylor Swift, writes Julia Moore for…
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Weekend Wanderer: College Gets to the Heart of My Fears
My daughter has been accepted to college. In Florida. Listen. I’m very proud of her. She’s worked hard. I’m excited for her to go. And I hope she stays in Florida. Or in North Carolina, which is where she’d like to live someday. I hope she sees more of the world than what I’ve shown…
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Weekend Wanderer: Driving the Kids Around Has Become Epic
I’ve been everywhere. Man. I probably didn’t look as cool as The Man in Black, but I’ve been everywhere. OK. Maybe I didn’t cross the deserts bare, but I did breathe the mountain air. Once. Rolling Stone says Johnny Cash travels 112,515 miles when he goes everywhere. I’m starting to think he covered that song…
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Weekend Wanderer: I Went to Shyamaween, and It Was the Ultimate Monster Mash
It’s not easy assembling a costume for Shyamaween. Wait. Are you familiar with Shyamaween? No? Good. I love explaining Shyamaween. M. Night Shyamalan — the Philadelphia-based writer and director of The Sixth Sense — has a charitable organization he founded with his wife. I would have linked a biographical article about M. Night Shyamalan but…
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Weekend Wanderer: A Spooky October Tale
Jack O’Lanterns blaze fiery grins. Spirits prepare for All Hallows Eve. So. How about a creepy little tale? Good horror — Amityville, The Exorcist, The Strangers — is at least based on a true story. So rest, well, not assured. Disturbed, maybe? Yeah. Rest disturbed this story is completely true. Growing up, my older cousin…
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Weekend Wanderer: I Spent the Day in Baltimore. I Have No Idea What I Did While I Was There
After spending two Fridays straightening out her finances, I had a very grateful Willie on my hands. Willie’s finances — how do I put this? Well, recently, I watched all of The Exorcist sequels. I had to, guys. My horror podcast is working its way through The Exorcist films. To prepare for the new Exorcist…
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Weekend Wanderer: Do I Want to Live Somewhere Rural?
Something disturbing happened to me last week. Wait. That’s not accurate. I did something disturbing last week. Yes. That’s better. I did something disturbing. Something I don’t understand. You see — well — you guys know my husband’s family has a cabin. And you know how I feel about that cabin. It’s not that I…
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