I recently did a search of my past Life Lines columns to find something I wrote here six years ago: “Sometimes happiness isn’t a choice.” I remembered how deep and dark that feeling had been when I penned those lines, and I wanted to see what I was ...
We're one week into our season of Lent. How have you been doing with your plans to sacrifice more, give more, pray more? I have to admit, I'm doing just ...
It's not just what we eat but how we eat. Now and then it's good to take a closer look at the method to our mealtime madness. Do we watch TV while we eat? ...
It's a Lenten Manic Monday, and it's going to be a cold one. We're starting at 12 degrees and working our way down to -11 by end of today. That's -11 without ...
So yesterday I ran downstairs to the unfinished side of my basement to throw in a load of laundry, and there on the cinderblock wall in front of me was the ...
If you follow me on Facebook, you know that I've been showing up on various blogs, on various topics, in various places these days. It's all good, although I ...
Here's how tonight's dinner conversation went:Dennis: Who did Jesus tell,"Upon this rock, I will build my Church?"Olivia: Simon?Mary: Yes. Simon who?Chiara: ...
I was driving to and from Noah's film club meeting, Olivia's horseback riding lessons, and Chiara's competition ballet-tap-jazz class yesterday -- and ...
So, I'm independent -- politically speaking -- for lots of reasons, mainly because I don't want to be aligned with or beholden to either major party. I chalk ...
I’m not much of a camper. I chalk it up to traumatic Girl Scout experiences as a kid -- think rain, mud, latrine duty, French toast cooked over a coffee can. ...
