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That little nub in the middle of the photo is my neighbor's tree. It takes center stage in the view from our living room window. For mor...

"You race motorcycles?" they ask. "Well, sure. If I can do it, you can too," I say.  I tell them how my husband has b...

The past year has been an exercise in human emotional elasticity. From elation to devastation, if there is an emotion left to sample, I’v...

Political speech is like children building sandcastles on a beach. One castle has a wide drawbridge that lets everyone in. The other castle...

And now we begin that frighteningly, sickeningly fast slide into the holidays. I don't think I'm ready for this. I just found...

The past 24 hours have been quite the learning experience for me in terms of the Tween Set. Sleepover Wars: 11-year old Daughter vs. 13-...

What a morning! Wrapped up my last radio show and have called it a day. When the money crunchers slash budgets, what can you do? Cling...

I was up to my eyeballs in closet cleaning recently and came across a box of saved school work from my big girls, K and M. Artwork, spelling...

It's official. Days 1 and 2 of Operation New School Year launch   can be crossed off the list. Day 3 has gotten off to a great start, to...

AWESOME weekend! Ron & I took the kids out to the AMA Tornado Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka to see some motorcycle racing (yea, I ...

Had you asked me 20 years ago what I would be doing for fun "when I grew up", I would have never imagined my reply would be "...