Author: Karen

We heat our house with a wood burning stove, so that means that we have to keep a suply of fire wood on hand. It’s also means that we have to do a fair...

The closing ceremonies of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea are only a few days away. And of course, there’s little doubt that many of you have been watching dozens of individual...

Clif and I have a friend who has Celiac disease, and as a result,  has to stick to a rigid gluten free diet.  His life isn’t anything like the semi-serious gluten-reduced fad that’s all the...

About this time of every year, I begin to feel the effects of what I’ve labeled the “February Blahs.” By now, Christmas is only a distant memory and spring seems too far away to...

Did you brave the cold outside long enough to notice the recent appearance of the Supermoon? (Jan. 30, 2018) I’d seen headlines about its arrival for the past couple of days, but since I’ve...

The cold, yucky weather this winter has kept our family indoors for much of the past few weeks. But on the bright side, the rain and chill does provide us perfect opportunities to pile...

Wal-Mart corporation has a division that operates hundreds of membership discount warehouses around the world called Sam’s Clubs. Since they offer bulk buying options that help us save a few dollars on groceries, dog...

The Deep South is just emerging from an unusual deep freeze, and it’s been bitterly cold here in Atlanta for several weeks. Of course, I realize that when southerners talk about night time temperatures...

12 hours. 650 miles. That’s roughly the duration of and distance traveled for our recent trip north to and from visiting relatives for the holidays. While compared to some, it’s not necessarily an inordinately...

Have you heard a reading of the Christmas story yet this year? Maybe seen a dramatization on TV or in a children’s Christmas pageant? I love the awe-inspiring events just like most believers, however the problem is that...