Reader’s Choice ’12: Standing Up for Chick-fil-A
Pam Thompson knows timing is everything. Pam Thompson The mother of six children (six!), Pam’s blog is understandably called It’s Time for More Coffee! Pam makes every second count. You may recall the...
View ArticleAd Astra per Aspera
Freshly arrived in Kansas last January, I shared our new state’s motto. ad astra per aspera Ad Astra per Aspera. To the stars with difficulty. No truer words were written. We’re still in Kansas. Ad...
View ArticleRevise
The new year may have us thinking about resolutions or revisions. What will you revise in 2013?
View ArticleJeremy Spoke
Do you remember Jeremy? Released in 1992, the music video for Pearl Jam’s first commercially successful single ended with a classroom of school children covered in blood. Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam The...
View ArticleA Time to Speak
In a small town in another state, a 19-year-old woman finds out she’s pregnant. She lives with her widowed mother and has little money. Her baby’s father has abandoned her. The shame of her community...
View ArticleMarch for Life Story on BlogHer
pro-life mom I met at March for Life I’m home safe and sound after an exciting trip to Washington, D.C., and I’m thrilled BlogHer News has published my story Walking the March for Life for the First...
View ArticleMarch for Life Photo Essay
I didn’t know what to expect at my first March for Life last week. How would I fit in? Everyone knows pro-lifers are patriarchal, angry, white men. This family marches together annually. The courageous...
View ArticleBe the Groundhog
Taking a cue from Punxsutawney Phil today. as seen at Trios Skittish about standing out in a crowd? Remember the groundhog. He isn’t afraid. It’s a new day. Wake up. Make your entrance. Watch life get...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Blog
How do you wish a blog a happy birthday? Let’s bring in the birds for an avian rhapsody soiree. Click to read “Birds on a Ledge.” Image by will_hybrid. Click to read “Nestful of Blessings.” Click to...
View ArticleGoing Shrimp Cocktail
cold turkey? Somehow, someway, we made it to spring break. Hallelujah! Change is fast approaching. We got some things going on here. I hope to tell you more soon. For now, I’m taking some time off with...
View Article10 Things I Learned on My Spring Blogging Break
Hi. How you been? My spring blogging break lasted longer than expected. Lots to tell you. Where to start? Amy at Using Our Words writes a regular column of 10 things she’s learned each week. She’s the...
View ArticleHeart of the Matter
Boomer, my yoga instructor, faced a life crisis earlier this spring when her 50-something husband had emergency bypass surgery. She’s the more talkative of my instructors. Responsible for phrases like...
View ArticleGame Changer
ruby slippers What if you lost something. Or it lost you. You knew it was lost when you left it, but you didn’t know the full measure of what the leaving meant. Once you grasped the leaving and the...
View ArticleDodging Tornadoes
It’s not been the best of weeks. the perfect gift from Kansas My house smells like cardboard boxes from packing. Stuff isn’t where it should be. I wonder if it ever will be again. My thoughtful, kind,...
View ArticleBrand New Day
I’ve written here before about May being like December because of its financial outlays. This year, May reminds me of December for other reasons, too. rabbit, rabbit, image credit: notsogoodphotography...
View ArticleWhy I’m Glad School’s Out
I don’t know about you, but this year I’m ready for school to be out. one step at a time Last year, I feared summer. Really what I feared was the loss of the school routine. What would I do with my...
View ArticleTime Out
Yesterday I locked myself out of the house. We still have a Supra box on the door. As I waited for the real estate agent to come rescue me, I realized it was the first time I’ve had to sit still in...
View ArticleChasing Fireflies: A Midsummer Blogging Update
“I assumed everyone had fireflies,” said my friend. We stood on her porch at dusk watching my son spin and dart around her yard, chasing the tiny, mid-air pulses of light. “But they don’t. People are...
View ArticleHiatus Continued
I am Italian. I cannot keep calm. I have no goals. That’s what I told my husband. I’m Italian. Melodrama runs high. “You do have goals,” he said. “You wanted to move back to North Carolina and you...
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