Since the quarantine, more people find themselves shopping online for the goods and services they need — or simply desire. Yet there are some items that only your local box store can get to your hands in a timely manner. Have you ever considered why you purchase the things you…

I‘ve been thinking lately about how in one moment things are so drastically important to us, but as time goes by, we sometimes either wonder why or simply let things go. When our son died, it was vitally important to me that a beautiful wooden box be created to store…

Graduating class of 2022, I LOOK at you today with so much love and pride in my heart for all that you have accomplished. I LOOK at your smiling faces and there is so much I see. …

Each spring my husband and I begin anew our discussion on the difference between a weed and a wildflower. He grew up in the dry lands, so if it’s green and blooms — he adores it. …

Scrolling through Facebook on Mother’s Day, I noticed that there are now more best wishes from pets than humans (although I suspect a human is posting for said pet). Cute, but I wondered, “Where have all the children gone?” In 1950, American birthrates were a little over 24 per thousand…

Medium writer Steve Devine challenged several people to write about the music from the year they were born. What really struck me was the staying power of these songs. Some of them were popular well into the 1970’s and beyond. There are also TWO instrumentals in the Top 10! …

In a poll recently conducted by The Joshua Fund, a Christian nonprofit that advocates for Israel, they discovered that a whopping 40 percent of Americans interviewed stated that they believe we are in the end of days. Those interviewed pointed to the COVID-19 pandemic and the current war in Ukraine…

During the pandemic, instrument sales went through the roof. It is estimated that more than 16 million people took up the guitar alone. Did Everyone Buy a Guitar in Quarantine or What? To some people, guitars are almost as essential as toilet paper. While the Covid-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the…www.rollingstone.com Whether you learned to play from a private instructor or a never-ending stream of YouTube videos, there seem to be certain things that simply don’t come up…

The sports, political, and entertainment news of the past few weeks has led to some interesting and enlightening discussions both person-to-person and on social media. This has led me to wonder about our verbiage and how we are relating our ideas and thoughts to each other. Opinions? Everyone has one…