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I am changing things for this column because while I love our firefighters and adore what they have always been and will continue to be, heroes, I became annoyed that we only heard about the...

I hope everyone has had a moment to come up for air. The storms that have pummeled us have been so incredible, many friends have such property damage it is unbelievable. I know folks that still had to...

I survived my daughter's Sweet 16 and can say it was a success. Sure, not everyone made it, we did not expect to have as many as we invited... who could honestly expect that. The smile on my girl's...

Oh my word!!!! It is not even funny how hot it is and my brain has fried... No air conditioning in my car and then our house air has completely stopped as well. The unit on our house has had problems...

I have told you before about my hairspray, liquid concrete in a can. I spend time fixing my hair to be 'just so'. I often keep my car windows closed and have my air conditioner running because it is...

The days are most definitely hotter, the evenings are lit with distant flashing clouds hammering some unsuspecting community with Armageddon like hail and it's just a slight bit cooler for sleeping....

First, you send your youngest kid to Japan. Then you ask your adult son to care for your dogs, cat, and chickens for the weekend. Arrange a get away with some friends at a little-known bed and...

My youngest child leaves today for Japan. Wow, my 16-year-old baby girl leaves to see the world... such a strange feeling. She went to Australia last summer and had a blast. This is Japan though and...

Well now I know I am getting old... My friend just retired, I guess at least my friends are not keeling over from old age, right? We all aim to retire, we save for it and plan to be free to do with...

As many of you know, I live rather rurally and as a result I share my property with many critters. I also share the dirt roads with most of them as well. I have shared with you about the jackrabbits...

When you read this, it will be well after Mother's Day, but as I write it is in fact, Mother's Day 2018. Mother's Day is a special day, always ranking high on the family occasion list, when you all...

This past Saturday was particularly booked, the "Mom Has No Life And No Option Taxi Service" had a full day scheduled and as the sole owner and operator I had to gear up. I woke early as my men of...

Do you remember the scene in A Christmas Story where Ralphie's little brother shows his mom 'how the piggies eat'? Well, right before that scene he is grumbling, "Meatloaf, beetloaf, ucky yucky meatlo...

Did you survive the wind machine mother nature sent to us this past week? Was that crazy or what? Out here we have no trees or buildings to slow the blow, it just hits us at full speed and we...

This week, we have had the honor of hosting a young man who is serving our country in the Navy. He is a smart and intelligent fella. He and my son went to high school together and along with another c...

Wow, things are just howling outside. This wind has become vicious and is blowing all manner of things around. Like Easter grass and wrappers from chocolate eggs. Is it from people just throwing it ou...

Life is what we make of it and how we spend our time whilst living is of the utmost importance. Negativity breeds, to live your life in all those negative thoughts and emotions leaves you with simply...

Sonny is our fish, not a fish on a wall or a battery operated talking fish, but a real live swimming Beta fish. We got him as a gift when we attended a wedding, he was part of the table's centerpiece...

So, this past weekend I learned a new thing. I think I will share it with you. My youngest daughter is 15, as are her friends. When one is in some kind of trouble they naturally worry about them. One...

As I fast approach yet another birthday I have these moments of this strange confidence breaking stuff... I don't know what it is. It does not last long... Then I think "um yeah, it's a sign of old ag...

Seventeen hearts no longer beat and we immediately look for the political advantage in the death of beautiful souls no longer able to give comfort to their mother who weeps uncontrollably. Help a...

A few things have happened since I last wrote my column. This is what I took from last week. I love how life flows and ebbs and we learn to ride the waves as they wash us to shore or spit us out on...

Are we talking about a literal worm here or is this a metaphor? I absolutely have no interest in obtaining any kind of squirmy slimy worm. I mean EWWWAH! But is it a metaphor for maybe the first cup...

Sunday Family dinners are long gone in most families, but in mine they are ongoing, I so look forward to them. I always had them but we just had five of us, or six if my mom was alive at the table....

We all love our condiments, right? We are a nation that loves all sorts of flavor and enhancements of flavor. We put sauce and gravy on everything but we would all be lost without our favorite...