“She was just trying to help.” I’m sure that’s what most people will say. But if you had been the one on the other side of the counter, you may not have felt that way. It was a simple transaction. I was trying to buy a couple of pillow inserts…
This is a winter when Snowy Owls that nest in the far, far north, come south for at least part of the winter. It’s not every winter, either. There are Snowy Owls in northern Missouri and north-central Oklahoma. For the past few weeks, I have included the Snowy Owl pursuit…
Snow days are a joy to kids and some- times an annoyance to parents, especially if the containment lasts more than a day. One solution to bored, restless kids is cooking together. In today’s world, where both parents or the single parent works long hours with home responsibilities being squeezed…
Personally I can’t stand to watch that re- ality show, but one of my daughters just is addicted to it. I still like Survivor though. I haven’t seen anybody get fat on that show! January is the month for resolutions and a large number of large people choose this month…
Many people, me included, have been critical about controversial features of the Health Reform Act. Perhaps the most important flaw is what the law didn’t include. I refer, of course, to the business of Tort Reform. Why don’t we just say Legal Reform? “Tort” is a more specific word, so…
Can you believe it’s the year 2012? I can’t. I’m still stuck on the year 1999! Anyway, here we are the end of the world or so they thought in 1999. Here’s hoping the year 2012 is the best ever for you, your family and your pets. Here are a…
The last evening of the year is upon us — we’ll all whine about parties we’d rather not attend, squeeze into clothes that are a little too tight and at midnight we’ll all sort of sing the words to a song that we don’t really know. Ahh, the New Year!…
