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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...

Confessions Of A Wild Berry Picker

My husband considers me a bit “loony.” Why, when the temperature is in the nineties, would anyone in their right mind choose to...

Recipe of the Week: Granola Sticks!

A few weeks ago my daughter had the best time at First Baptist’s Vacation Bible School. She went with a friend while my...

Sometimes Good Things Happen

One of the best parts of being a columnist is the feedback that finds its way to me.  Frequently, I will hear from...

The Grey Cliffs of Dover

So why not visit southeast England when it’s cold, wet, and dark? That’s the way it is much of the time anyway, and...

Recipe of the Week: Exceedingly Patriotic Cheesecake Bars

I found this recipe at www.RecipeGirl.com. It looked so good and Patriotic! I am 39 and on my 40th lap around the sun...

If Only Life Had Warning Gates

Recently, I was at the home of a friend who has done a great deal of traveling in South Asia – specifically Nepal. ...