For Karen…and Toby Note: If you can’t stand sad animal stories or if you’re at work, “x” out of here quick like a bunny. If on the other hand, you feel in need of a soul-soaking tear flood, read on. I’m running this post-from-the-past at the request of a dear friend. She recently lost her
On April 7, 2019 my blog turned two years old. Thanks to you. I’m so grateful you all show up every week to see what I have to say. To celebrate, here is an overview of year #2’s top 10 blog posts, based on reader views. If you’re new reader to my blog, or even a
In my latest reader survey (You can take the survey here!), and in person, a few ladies have recently asked for skincare suggestions. Just like last month’s final Friday post, this post will be a List Post with lots of helpful hints for you to try. For starters, please know, you are awesome. You are
Do you struggle with relationships, money matters, aging parents, weight, your writing, curly hair? If so, have I got some nonfiction books for you! To point you in the right direction, here’s a list of my favorite nonfiction books on a variety of subjects. You need more than a list though. You also need the WHY
The coldest I’ve ever been was not December 27, 2009 when I watched my husband officiate the Music City Bowl. Sitting for three hours inside the Tennessee Titans’ stadium in a winter windchill of 17 degrees makes a body cold, to be sure. But I’ve been colder. In the 70’s. In the 70’s, I lived to
From time to time I receive an unexpected gift, a present I didn’t even know I wanted. And my life is better for it. Four years ago, on a hazy summer afternoon, Tony Bear and Junior-Man came home from cutting grass at our warehouse. In his hands, my son cupped a black and white ball
We weren’t even in the humongous box store five minutes when I felt a tug on my sleeve. I smiled down at my five-year old son. “Mom? The clues for the Easter basket scavenger hunt are from a computer. I don’t think the Easter Bunny has a computer. Are you the Easter Bunny? You and
Is the headline below how you feel about shopping for holiday gifts for guys? Q: What is a woman’s favorite holiday w(h)ine? A: “Guys are so hard to buy for!” To help you tackle this problem, I put together an extensive list of ideas for holiday gifts for guys. In order to facilitate your shopping
Exceptional people live in every neighborhood, some of them miracles, some of them heroes. Jacob Allen and his parents, Jim and Karen, live near me in Morgantown. Jacob is the young man with autism, who at 18, was lost for four days in the Dolly Sods Wilderness of West Virginia back in October of 2007.
I like man food. Fortunately, so does Ree Drummond, the “Pioneer Woman.” Because Pioneer Woman recipes tend to be “man food,” I own three of Drummond’s cookbooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl* Food from My Frontier* Dinnertime* What do I mean by “man food?” “Man food” items are savory, often slow-cooked, and never “low-cal.”
