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We are weeks past the holidays now and I still have lights up outside; oh sure, they don't get lit up anymore at night but they are still there. It is a sad time of year; it feels kind of empty...

I hope your New Year is off to a good start! Mine has been busy and hectic, but good too. I flew with my daughter to New Orleans where I rented a car online to drive to the town my father and his...

Wow!! 2020... Can you believe it? I mean how many shows and movies did we watch as kids that depicted 2020 as the flying car, robot housekeepers, towering round glass homes and ... Oh wait, that was t...

Alice's column this week was pre-empted due to the birth of her first grandbaby! Violet Aubrey Miller came into this world Friday, Dec. 20, at 3:34 p.m. Alice said, "She tipped the scales at 7...

Oh, sure I know how you might feel about snow, I get it. It’s really cold and slick and melts and gets slushy and nobody really likes to drive in it. I feel ya! But really folks, how gorgeous is...

Oh my word... I am beat; the universe has won! I am tired and have nothing done for Christmas except a lot of mail-ordered gifts that are piled into the guest room awaiting some free time to be wrappe...

Whew! Does your house still smell like turkey? Mine does. I even still have drippings from said turkey on my oven door – good housekeeping award ... I will never win!! I still have leftovers, and I...

Over the past six years our family traditions have changed. When your child is gone it feels so different to carry on and celebrate. I remember the first time I belly laughed after she had died, I...

I am not a staff member of our lovely paper, but I am considered a contributor, I think. As often happens, the newspaper is given tickets for promotional purposes and so on. When these tickets are...

Today as I write this it is Veterans Day. Our particular school does not let kids have the day off. Why? I have to wonder. This town is nothing if not military; we have how many stations or bases? I...

Are you still sneaking into your kid's Halloween candy?... Stop it! As we have few visitors and not a single trick-or-treater in this neck of the plains, I, along with another student's mother,...

Oh my word!! The snow came like they said it would. I pride myself on not being one of those folks that need to run to the market as soon as I hear there is a storm approaching in a state of panic to...

Whew! Some pretty shocking things, as well as some disappointing things have happened since last week. Guess what? I am going to tell you about them because... The column is called, Oh My Word...indic...

Here we are, Fall, Autumn, or the prelude to Winter. It is here. I am not complaining, I actually love this time of year. Days are a tad bit cooler but the nights are heavenly because you are actually...

You know that moment... You are sitting in the early morning dark; you have a fresh hot cup of coffee steaming up your glasses as you cradle it in both hands just under your nose so it fills up your...

Well, we survived the Labor Day festivities and now we head into the routines we fall into in autumn, right? Stews and chilis start banging recipes into our heads and our salivary glands begin to beg...

I know this weekend means so many things to so many people, maybe it means you see hot air balloons or go to Fall festivals. Harvest time is in full swing and the length of the days will become shorte...

My blood pressure has got to be off the charts... The last couple of weeks I have been beyond stressed. I chase my tail so much that I now know what my backside looks like in any light and at all...

Well, hope things are just beautiful in your world as we all prepare for fall to begin. Our kids are demanding new stuff to begin the school year with and they need supplies. They are moaning about...

On this day, in 1983, I was entrusted with a life that was not my own, yet every bit a part of me. I loved every tiny wrinkly spot of her, from the three short strands of strawberry blonde hair to...

I am sitting here thinking, "My life is really, um... poop" I have so much of it in my life that there are days that poop is all I do, no pun intended, all day long! So, you say, "Well, Alice, you do...

Our family is all jumbled up. Of course, its all about emotions and finances. At the core of all dissentions in families, I think, that is at the root of most issues. Money is always scarce and emotio...

You have heard of legends before, Big Foot, Nessie, Chupacabra. Then there are the fun ones of a fella who breaks into your house while you are sleeping and leaves toys and candy for little kids...

Our guests from Illinois with the silent "s" have come and gone. We went to the Royal Gorge, and to the summit of Pikes Peak (yes, the donuts are SOOO good!) We also took them to some of our favorite...

As I sit here to write I am flooded with subject matter and my brain is struggling to sort it out enough to pick one and only one to tell you about... Or can I let you see my crazy? Can I trust you...