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Clyde Bentley is a journalism professor at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO. He and his wife, Cecile, have enjoyed each other's company since 1972, raising two wonderful children along the way. Daughter Gillian Grimm is a librarian in Portland, OR. She and her husband, Will, have two creative children, Briton and Evelyn. Garrett, her brother, is equally wonderful -- but doesn't write a blog.© 2013 D&G Test site is designed by Templateify
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