No one truly warned me that as I aged, I would acquire more aches, pains and afflictions than Carter has liver pills. (For those unfamiliar with the cliché, that means a lot.) Sure, older people hinted at it and tossed it around in idle conversations, but at the time I thought they were just being, ...

We recall our Declaration of Independence as we honor our enormous debt of gratitude to our Founders and the 1.1 million brave Americans who have sacrificed for our freedom throughout our nation’s history—and who gave that “last full measure of devotion” so that we may be free. There has simply neve...

My husband and I have been keeping a close eye on the garden tomatoes, babying the plants, cheering on the little green beginnings, and wondering why in the world these delectable fruits have been so reluctant to turn ripe this year. I mean, some of the branches have been literally bent over with th...

“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed...

The old guy in the grocery line looked about two coughing spells away from the Promised Land. Gnarled and unshaven, he mumbled to himself while the cl...

The state legislature adjourned the 2023 regular session at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 8th with a rather tumultuous finish by voting on all of the ma...