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Having taken after my dad, I’ve been happily blonde all my life. That is, until now. Until about a year ago, I added highlights or lowlights every couple of months…

I woke up the other day thinking about how fast 2023 went by and how it’s end signaled one less year left on my time here. While this is certainly…

Like so many people I know, I suffer from chronic pain, and it seems to get worse as I get older. As a writer, I sit a lot and get…

I’ve had seven dogs over my lifetime, plus four cats and seven birds. Each one held a special place in my heart, and every time one of them died, I…

I don’t know who said, “If you don’t create change, change will create you,” but it sounds about right. I think most of us are resistant to change, and I…

Driving to the chamber a few weeks ago, one of the parts of my car dropped off. I felt it, heard it and saw it go flying to the side of the…

When I was recently interviewing my friend, Dolly Cummings, director of the Camp Bayou Learning Center in Ruskin, I asked her why she thought more children didn’t turn out for…

It’s hot.  Very hot. And why do they keep telling us about those “feels like” temperatures? We know. We can feel them!  But I did warn you about this last winter. I did. Remember that cold…

Do you have a special talent, some special skill that might win the big prize on shows like America’s Got Talent, American Idol or The Voice? I’m talking about singing,…

We’ve all been there before. You make a phone call and are immediately put on hold while an anonymous voice keeps telling you, “Your call is very important to us.”…