One of my mom’s best pieces of advice: “Hang with the winners.” This holds true even in support groups (stick with the people who have...

A few years ago coming home from Jefferson City, I took a detour to Tuscumbia, MO. It's a small community of all of 218 people. A small...

I'm getting an MRI today... I guess they want to find out whether or not I'm claustrophobic. 😄 Actually I'm hoping they can find out why...

I went to the Bank of Goodwill this week and made several deposits - I thanked a friend for being there for me I wished my kids a great...

Update: Yesterday I reluctantly drove to a local medical facility to be seen for undetermined & unsettling feeling of pressure on my...

Over the years I have become a conosourer of interesting & unusual things. I will detour on any excursion to spot something I have read...

“Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but...

This week is going to have some rainy days. I stared out into the day from my window. Soft music was playing and the fireplace imitation...

I read that a riding motorcycle is as close as you can get to the feeling a dog has riding in his owner’s car with his head out the...

Today reminds me: Mark 11:23 is a powerful verse about faith and confession that believers claim and use around the world. But the...

Come, my little boat, near- Mia! what filthy hull & trailer is here! Who, that e’er could understand The rare structure of a boat, With...

The month of November is upon us with Thanksgiving approaching. I am Proud & Thankful for my family's German heritage. While driving...

Halloween has survived because it allows us to engage with our fear — our fear of death, of the dark of winter, of the unknown — in the...

Wednesday is here! Who doesn't like Wednesdays? It's a great day of the week because Wednesday is the middle of your so busy weekdays....

Going to the flea market is one of the only existing way to “Travel Time”, and is much cheaper and more fun than going to a museum....

Speaking of Monday did you know... First Monday Trade Days in Canton, Texas is the oldest, largest continually operating outdoor flea...

With more time to rest, read and relax lately, I have found an interesting bit of history that I was not aware of until recent readings....

I was reading the other day and came upon some Interesting horrors of History... For instance one example was after Germany was...

Today again I find myself a little nostalgic and thinking about my mother. It may be that myself as a mother the road map has been with...