Puzzlement washed over her guest. “What is this room?” The ancient homeowner’s bright eyes twinkled at the question. Her grin only increased the wrinkles covering her face like an unironed shirt. [Read more...]
The pounds snuck up in a cruel game of mid-life Truth or Dare. Those sneaky ones somehow crept into my middle section and dared me to get rid of them. The kind of pounds that pop buttons, and squeeze [Read more...]
As she slid the register drawer open and and fisted my change, I chirped, "Merry Christmas." She returned the greeting in like, but then turned square on, and scowled, “I’m over it. I wish it was done [Read more...]
It winks and shines and teases. The minuscule particles stick like super glue to my skin. Glitter remains my constant companion and overzealous friend from the end of October, until all the Christmas [Read more...]
It’s two weeks to Christmas people! Does that statement make your worry level rise or your heart flutter with joy? Does it make your head spin and your tension explode like the top of a pressure [Read more...]
THE PREACHER WAS CAUGHT SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF A MUD-SLINGING WORD WAR! Hold the phone… An Oklahoma University football season ticket holder, he knows all the devotees in the sea of red [Read more...]
The turkey bakes dark and hot in it’s hidey-hole. No aroma of burnt offerings waft from the kitchen, only mouth-watering promises. So all is well…for now. I’m a second, maybe third generation burner, [Read more...]
My doorbell won’t work. The whole mechanism is only a year old, so what the heck?? Is that why it was on sale for $29.99? Because retailers know you will be buying a new one every year? Which slowly [Read more...]
What is happening to us? Land of the free, home of the brave. A country of great pride and privilege. Yet a land fraught with violence. The shocking statistic, we average a mass shooting (four or [Read more...]
Guest post by Jamie Boiles I am excited to share another fascinating post from Jamie Boiles who has lived in Rwanda the last 6 years. Her stories of culture and struggle as an American living [Read more...]