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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...

It is the wee early hour of Tuesday The 18th of June as I write this. The sky has a lovely blue and pinkish hue to it as the moon gives way to the sun. I am both reminiscent and grateful as I sip on...

So, my little girl went to New York City and had a great time... She saw all the things one expects to see while visiting The Big Apple. She saw the Broadway production of Lion King and afterwards...

These past few weeks have been just plum crazy around my neck of the woods. My teenage daughter, as I have mentioned before, sings with Colorado Springs Children's Chorale (CSCC) in the Summit...

Editor's Note: This week we are reprinting one of our favorite columns by Alice As many of you know, I live rather rurally and as a result I share my property with many critters. I also share the...

Editor's Note: Monday's storm left Alice and her daughter stranded in Colorado Springs, so we are sharing what she posted on Facebook about their experience with the Spring snowstorm that blanketed mu...

I have told you all of our always having "Sunday Family Dinners." We really enjoy getting together and catching up about the week we had. Sadly, Old Man and I do not really have family here in...

What happened? I remember playing outside barefoot, riding bicycles, and catching ladybugs and worms. Getting dirty. Using my imagination to make forts and imagine I was a warrior princess fighting...

I am a Schmexy Beascht! I am the leader of the Chubby Gang and I make no apologies for that; I would love to be thinner but I am done beating myself up about it. If you love me, you love ALL of me....

People often say to me things like, "Why do you spend so much money on her singing?" My answer has always been, "If your child is an athlete, you are going to buy uniforms and go to games. Even if you...

Every morning of every day I do the same thing, there is no deviation, it is THE routine. Period. I stumble over the cat to the restroom to do the thing that most of us do first thing in the morning,...

When Spring Break is over and the kids go back to school I am usually dealing with rather conflicted feelings. One being, "Yay, they are gone and I get my life back!;" and the other being that I feel...

When I was a kid in high school, I had a friend who worked in a pet shop and he had two big birds, a cockatoo and another that was beautiful but an uncommon breed that I do not remember. He was so...

Well, last week started off like any other week. It's March and it meant that Old Man was going to go on his annual trip to Monarch for skiing. Oh boy, some fresh snow was predicted so he was really...

Well, here we are, bracing for what is being said to be "a big winter event" today anyway (Monday)... by Wednesday it might be a flurry and all the kids planning for a 'snow day' mid-week will be so...