Sometimes, I find myself humming a tune and don’t even know I’m doing it. Sometimes, I’m not even doing it out loud. I’ll just be...

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Sloot © 2010, Rebecca Sloot The Review: Before we can even discuss this book, I have to...

I’m a morning person. Really I am. Then, today happened. First off, my dog has been sick. She’s got really bad teeth and has developed an...

For those of you who are new to this blog, you might not know that I’m pretty attached to my dog. OK, attached probably isn’t the right...

I just had “that” day. You all know what I’m talking about. It’s that day when nothing really goes all that wrong, but nothing really...

Last year, I ran a half marathon. And after we’d crossed the finish line and I’d realized that our official time was 2 hours and 30...

Last week, the check engine light came on in Patricia Jean, my new-to-me Toyota Camry Hybrid. And seeing that my last experience with a...

It’s in my Twitter profile and how I describe myself on the “About” page of this site. Writer. A word that sits there, staring me in the...

Loyal readers know that I spent a good portion of my free time last year editing a cookbook for my church. For many of my cooking posts...

On New Year’s Day, I took myself shoe shopping. (Now before you start telling me that I have way too many shoes—which is probably...

The Girl Who Would Speak for the Dead by Paul Elwork Penguin Publishing, 2011 Kindle Edition The Review: When I was compiling my list...

My rural Missouri hometown is cut in half by Highway 25. To the west lies the school and houses, and the town quickly fades into country,...

Have you ever wondered what you would have done had you been alive in 1940 and was one of those who knew about the Holocaust? Would you...

At the very end of 2011, I received an email from the good people at WordPress detailing a bunch of information about this blog and how...

Last year, I set this lofty goal to read 30 books in a year. And I failed. Not miserably, per se, but I failed just the same. I closed...

Last night, I had dinner with a few friends and acquaintances for a dear friend’s birthday. And being nearly the end of 2011, the topic...

My 2011 Christmas card to YOU!

Except that there are now wrapped Christmas gifts under my Christmas tree. This is an improvement upon the unwrapped gifts that...

See her, that little girl in the photo? The one with the twinkling eyes and the sweet smile of anticipation and wonder? About 30 years...

On Sunday night, I headed out to a Music Unsigned Christmas show here in town with a few friends. Truth be told, I was kind of tired and...