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What Weird Times These Are
Oh, boy. Please, 2022, be better than (at least the last part of) 2021. I’m looking back over the past month or so and thinking that if I tried to write it as a story, any decent editor would reject it as far too improbable. Here’s a (not so) quick
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Fish: Phase One
We’re setting up a betta fish tank. Come with us as we figure out what we’re doing.

That Time I Talked to Art Garfunkel
And I Did Not Cry Last night I spoke to Art Garfunkel. Now, this was not a private conversation. In fact, about 500 people (by

How Not to Be a Jerk When a Friend is Grieving
Warning: I’m only a month out from loss and I’m still raw. So this post is pretty unvarnished, and maybe a little angry. That’s where

How to Honor Older Relatives Who Have Hearing Loss
At my age (I’m a proud 57), I and many of my contemporaries are dealing with aging parents. With age comes hearing loss, and, although

I Miss Him in The Summertime
I miss him a lot in the summertime. Baseball season. Busch Stadium II. The Bottlecap. Baseball Heaven. The seats were red and they were so

Small Miracles, Magnificent Gifts
I’ve always believed in miracles. I’ve known some really big ones in my family. Big miracles are like the fireworks on the Fourth of July

How Important is Milk, Really?
Musings of a Bad First Grader I attended a Catholic school in first and second grade, a perfectly fine school. However, in Jonesboro, Arkansas at

8 Things I’ve Always Wanted to Say to Young Pastors
As a life-long churchgoer, mother of two adult daughters (22 and 26) who were raised in church, I share my perspective on young pastors and

Eat: Bodean Seafood
This is the second restaurant I’m reviewing from our recent trip to Tulsa. I know what you’re thinking — seafood in Tulsa? Uh uh. I