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Jun.17.2013 - 12:29 pm
The Kroger Chronicles, No. 27: Picking up the spare
I'm on an orange kick. Photo by me.
Not only does she keep Store 448 white-glove tidy, Custodial Superintendent Linda doubles as cruise director. In April, she arranged a trip for about 40 Krogerfolk to a Reds game...
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Jun.10.2013 - 4:17 pm
The Kroger Chronicles, No. 26: En pointe
Tall, trim and tanned, the middle-aged man in a polo shirt with a country club logo scanned the bouquet case as if his tee shot had landed there. He didn’t need help choosing...
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Jun.04.2013 - 7:18 pm
The Kroger Chronicles, No. 25: Bag
Fringed Gerbera. Photo by me.
Nick from Produce had just dropped the second huge pallet of product when the store PA summoned: “Floral to customer care for bagging, please.” The courtesy softens the edge, but...
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May.29.2013 - 7:02 pm
The Kroger Chronicles, No. 24: Matriculation
Button up, bachelor! Photo by me.
Mother of determined brow with madly texting teenaged daughter in tow appeared at the counter of the floral department. “We need to order balloons,” she said. “Four like those...
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Comments from Anne

Apr.04.2013 - 4:15 pm
In response to: The Kroger Chronicles, No. 17: Prom
those days . .
Hard to think of that time as being the exception to the rule, isn't it? But it was. Some of it stuck around. But wrist...
Apr.04.2013 - 4:14 pm
In response to: The Kroger Chronicles, No. 17: Prom
Thank you
Tired . . . yes. And that's another thing . . .    Hope you are well.   
Apr.03.2013 - 4:50 pm
In response to: The Kroger Chronicles, No. 16: Lilies and chocolate bunnies
right on
I don't remember the last time I felt this tired, Ron. Easter cracks a whip. 
Feb.17.2013 - 9:25 am
In response to: The Kroger Chronicles, No. 2: Under age
Thank you
Hi, Annette: You're so right -- there's a universality to the retail experience, no matter how you brand it. But the...
Feb.08.2013 - 8:55 pm
In response to: The Kroger Chronicles, No. 7: The Juggernaut approacheth
A good point
Thank you for commenting. That is, to me, part of what's interesting about this experience -- the uniformity of...
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About Anne

Good fortune has allowed me to clock in 30 years as a writer already, mainly for news services and newspapers. Last year, I left all that I knew to return to my native Ohio and help my elderly parents. Now I'm writing every day and living my motto: Omnium...
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Anne’s Favorite Books

All the works of Shakespeare; "Great Expectations," Charles Dickens; "Lonesome Dove," Larry McMurtry; "Dr. Zhivago," Boris Pasternak; "Geek Love," Katherine...