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Two-hundred and fifty years old already? Feels like just yesterday we were celebrating your 200th birthday. Yes, hard to believe that I’m old enough to remember when the USA was…
The phone woke me up at 5:13 a.m. My automatic response was dread. It’s never good news when the phone rings during sleeping hours. I was actually relieved when I…
Welcome to May! As May is the month we celebrate Mother’s Day, it seems appropriate for me to reflect on motherhood. This May is especially significant to me, as a…
By Karen Giebel Easter is right around the corner and I thought I’d share two of my favorite holiday recipes. Both are very easy and can be made several days…
By Cassie Patton All across the world, families will once again come together to celebrate the arrival of Easter. As Americans, we tend to mix things up and go against…
Yesterday, I went in for my annual appointment with my tax guy and something miraculous happened. I am not a numbers person. I did well in school in general, but…
Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote, “In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” I realize that we’ve got a long way to go before we get…
On Thanksgiving Day, I pressured my brother, William, and 71-year-old mother to walk through sideways rain, wind that tries to push your nose through your brain if you’re silly enough…
Just for fun, let’s start this new year off with a little pop quiz – don’t worry, you can’t fail this one. Which of the following is most like you…
As a young child, on a Sunday afternoon in the fall, I would be playing in my room and I’d hear the loudest, awful, swearing coming from the living room.…
