It’s the first Monday after most of America has changed to Daylight Saving Time. And America’s exhausted. Just for those of you who like...

It’s Friday! I have a vacation day! Yay! • In a few minutes, I’ll start getting ready to leave for Missouri. After my grandmother’s fall...

Last night on AI, our top 13 hopefuls had to choose and perform a song from their personal idol. And, for the life of me, it’s endlessly...

For the past two days, I’ve woken up singing a song. That’s not unusual. And neither is the song really, but the repetitiveness is a...

I wish you all could have known my Grandma Ruby in her prime. Simply put, she was a force to be reckoned with. Fiercely independent....

Ah, it’s the end of a very long, very busy week! And tomorrow the only thing I HAVE to do is run 4 miles at some point. The alarm is...

First, an admission: I basically watched this entire episode in fast forward, so I’m just going to give a few thoughts on what I saw and...

After last season, I thought I was done with “American Idol.” Yet FOX and J.Lo and Steven Tyler renewed my faith in the show with a ...

I think we all have those times in life when it feels like everything is whirling out of control and you’re just doing your level best to...

Deadlines. Meetings. Stress. Life is a bit crazy right now. I will return to my regularly scheduled blogging later this afternoon or...

And as someone who thinks a lot about writing and reads a lot of other peoples’ writing, the advice is good. It’s just that it stepped on...

I work with some of the youth in my church on Sunday nights as part of our arts ministry. It’s an interesting experience, to say the...

When I was growing up, some of the “heroes” I looked up to (no joke) were: my mom, my grandpa, the reigning Miss America, and Daisy Duke....

I’m the first person to admit I have strange dreams. You can see proof of that here, here, here, here, and here. See, my dreams are...

I’m not going to lie. I love brownies. And I think made-from-scratch brownies are easy to overbake, resulting in dry, crumbling...

Last week, I blogged about the fact that I was beginning the first week of a 12-week plan to prepare for the Country Music Half Marathon...

Ah, dear ones. It has been a week. A really long week. But there’s the promise of the weekend, live music with friends tonight, Upward...

I can do a lot of things in four hours. I could go places. It takes about four hours to get to my parents’ house. In about four hours, I...

It’s Wednesday. I have an all-day meeting. My head already hurts (but I took ibuprofen, so I’m going to be fine). And the weather guys...

Songs get stuck in my head. A lot. I’ll be walking around my house, realize that in my mind I’m humming something, and suddenly burst out...