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BECKY MAUPIN: A New Season, New Expectations

Motherhood, I'm learning, is a series of seasons. None of them are truly easy; they're all hard in different ways. We make it through one challenging season only to...

BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part II

Jan called today. “Ed died Thursday… he is in a better place.” Ed, a retired...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The US Media’s Monomaniacal Obsession With Nancy Guthrie’s Kidnapping

I do not mean to downplay the tremendous tragedy of the kidnapping of Savannah Guthrie's...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Barack and Michelle Obama Are Neither Apes Nor Monkeys

I read an article from the BBC on February 6 entitled, "Trump says he 'didn't...

BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part I

Too often, the human race is a race against time. Until recently, I was a...

DEVOTIONAL: What Does The Bible Say About Pride?

The Lord resists the proud; but he gives grace to the humble.  --Proverbs 3:34 (BST) In the old days of pipe organs, a person was...

MELINDA MYERS: Dealing With Tree Surface Roots

Roots erupting through the soil surface that extend beyond the tree trunk are known as surface roots. This is a normal part of aging...

MIKE KEELER: Forget Necessity – The FATHER of Invention is Desperation.

Here's an example. In 1922, in the little German village of Deisenhofen, a retired railroad worker named Franz Xaver Kugler opened an inn and...

Lost Adults Lead to Atheist 10 Year Old Children and A Fallen Society

Not long ago my 10 year-old daughter attended a birthday party for one of her friends. I was flabbergasted when my daughter told me...

MELINDA MYERS: Plan and Plant A Hummingbird Garden

Whether you are making some late additions to your gardens or planning for the future include some hummingbird-favorite plants. Select plants and create combinations...

Robert L. Maronic: The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence: They Can Do No Wrong

When I was a nine-year-old fifth grader either watching or listening to the 1966 World Series in early October between the Los Angeles Dodgers...