The video popped up, just like so many others on Facebook. “I do this every year at Halloween, just so I can play with makeup,” the Lashes and Losing online creator said. Her name is …

The seasons are changing, and Halloween is next week. It’s popular with the kids and all those who like ghosts, goblins and all things scary. And candy. Known in the Christian world since …

I’ve long cultivated a bias for autumn. Winter is nice, but you have to shovel it; spring around these parts is too unpredictable to be called an actual season; and summer floods us with …

As though it happened yesterday, the events of July 13, 2024, come back to mind. Had an assassin’s bullet hit its intended mark that day, Monday would have been like other federal holidays in …

Sometimes the drift happens so slowly you do not notice until the shoreline has disappeared. Life’s busyness, routines and quiet ruts set in, and one day, you realize you are further from where …

I have always believed that the best time to go waterfowl hunting is whenever you can. I have never harvested a single bird sitting in my sunroom drinking coffee. If you don’t go afield, you …

Unintended consequences is a very useful term. It can be applied to multiple constructs and could be a metaphor for life for some people. Those consequences can happen when someone is trying to do …

Wandering streets and seeing the foliage colors changing, leaves falling and autumn setting in paints a bit of a Norman Rockwell-esque image. The crisp air adds a little pep to your step as we move …

The more things change, the more things stay the same, and that’s something that never changes. A couple of weekends ago, my wife and I dumped our life savings into the gas tank for the …

Comfort is something many of us strive to achieve. My hand is raised in acknowledgment of this as fact. I like the thermostat set to 72 degrees, while Don prefers 73 or 74 degrees. I like my …

There is a certain crispness in the air, a pause between seasons that invites reflection and quiet noticing. We have gently fallen from the blissful joys of summer’s seemingly endless days to …

Historic might be an understatement. The memorial/celebration of life for Charlie Kirk in Glendale, Arizona, was watched by people all over the world, and, to me, it was an illustration of the …