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Excited Kid

By Gabriel Cruden / July 31, 2026 /

Letting go can be hard. And in different ways. It can be letting go of emotions, letting go of people in one’s life, or maybe even letting go of that…

Adventures in Having a Yard Sale

By Gabriel Cruden / July 31, 2026 /

Don’t you just love a good yard sale find? When you come across something unique, quirky, and one-of-a-kind? Or something that you just really love and that you got for…

The Gist of the Medical Matter

By Gabriel Cruden / July 31, 2026 /

I have a theory. Stop! Do not turn the page. This theory is far more… theoretical than most of the hair-brained observations I share with Huckleberry Press readers. It has…

The Art and Science of Procrastination

By Gabriel Cruden / July 31, 2026 /

Procrastination is one of my superpowers. I can put a project off right up until the very last minute and then power-stress my way through getting it done just in…

Happy Semiquiencentennial USA!

By Gabriel Cruden / July 3, 2026 /

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…

A Turn in the Journey

By Gabriel Cruden / June 5, 2026 /

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…

Time in a Bottle

By Gabriel Cruden / May 1, 2026 /

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…

Easter Ham Glaze and Aunt Ruthie’s Sauce

By Gabriel Cruden / April 3, 2026 /

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…

In Appreciation of the Easter Ham

By Gabriel Cruden / April 3, 2026 /

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…

Seven Things I Love About Doing My Taxes

By Gabriel Cruden / February 27, 2026 /

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…