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Hot dogs: You eat them? Hot dog! It’s hot dog time. Monday is Memorial Day and likely a bazillion or so grilled or flame-cooked hot dogs will be consumed at parties and celebrations this weekend. Most of the dogs likely … Continue reading →

Military-made dress News stories highlighting ways military personnel have returned from deployment and surprised their families, usually the children, are common in newspapers and on TV. Most frequently in the stories I have read or viewed the returning military personnel … Continue reading →

A cold tradition Just thinking about it makes me shiver. A flight of goose bumps just made a V-line up my ribcage. Except in a drinking glass, cold water is not for me. And certainly not being dumped in cold … Continue reading →

Mom, Do you remember? My mother has been deceased for several years, so she won’t be available Sunday to call or visit and share some memories with. The memories, however, can still be recalled. My mother had her strengths and … Continue reading →

Forgiveness: To what extent? We, as Christians, should be able to grant forgiveness, but to what extent are we truly capable of doing it? In today’s world in which people are so easily offended, we are under an almost constant … Continue reading →

Watch what you do with the goldfish Goldfish are cute little critters that swim aimlessly in circles around the clear bowl to which they are confined and wait for you or your child to drop little flakes of food into … Continue reading →

Earning his way earns good deed Stories of people working to earn their way rather than expecting the government to provide for them always strike a chord with me. I encountered such a story back in February and it still … Continue reading →

Many happy returns Though there is enough bad news in the media to foster the stereotype that only the bad news is covered at the expense of good news, the stereotype is just that—a stereotype. Not only is good news … Continue reading →

Cracking a yoke An Easter egg hunt incident in Seattle was no yoke and is e(gg)xactly the type of story you don’t eggspect to read. In what police called a “hard-boiled tale,” two moms, who shell remain unnamed, apparently lacked … Continue reading →

Getting there Picture this: You lose your camera while scuba diving in Hawaii, and five and a half years later it turns up 5,000 miles away in Taiwan. That’s a snapshot of what Lindsay Crumbley Scallan experienced. A bit hard … Continue reading →