title: Minute Musings 26 ways to view 31 days
author: Wilma Jackson
description: Wilma Jackson(Darcy DeMille), former syndicated columnist for ANP and NPI, was advice columnist, <i>Dear Wilma, for <i>The Flint Journal (a Gannett Publication), a columnist for<i> Sepia and<i> Hep magazines(Good Publishing Co.). She has been continuously in print in magazines and newspapers for more than 40 years. </i></i></i></i>
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  [Dedication](part0002.html#filepos640)
  
  For Debbie, a virtuoso with the telephone,  
  whose voice we miss every day
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  [Dedication](part0001.html#filepos300)
  
  [The Week It Happened](part0003.html#filepos3785)
  
  [The Second Week](part0004.html#filepos12130)
  
  [The Third Week](part0005.html#filepos23734)
  
  [The Fourth Week](part0006.html#filepos41236)
  
  [The Fifth Week](part0007.html#filepos57014)
  
  [The Sixth Week](part0008.html#filepos74561)
  
  [Four Days Later](part0009.html#filepos83685)
  
  [The Seventh Week](part0010.html#filepos114714)
  
  [Three Days Later](part0011.html#filepos117903)
  
  [The Eighth Week](part0012.html#filepos150741)
  
  [The Ninth Week](part0013.html#filepos178052)
  
  [Four Days Later](part0014.html#filepos189861)
  
  [The Tenth Week](part0015.html#filepos196103)
  
  [The Eleventh Week](part0016.html#filepos247712)
  
  [One Day Later](part0017.html#filepos257053)
  
  [The Twelfth Week](part0018.html#filepos279511)
  
  [Two Days La