Ah, the crunch of grass beneath your feet ... wait a minute. Grass isn’t supposed to sound like that. Especially not in early July. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I have found the weather conditions of this young summer to be brutal. Already in late June, the grass on my lawn had ...

As the warm embrace of summer continues, now is the perfect time to make memories that will last all year long without having to travel far. In an era where travel often dominates our summer plans, there’s a quiet revolution brewing closer to home: the art of the staycation. Defined not by ...

A lot of people enjoy fireworks on the Fourth of July, but I had some fireworks of my own on Thursday that I did not enjoy at all. I was making my way through the day and popped something in the microwave to warm up. I stepped across the kitchen and around the corner when I realized that the ...

The USA is one of the few countries in the world whose people have personal liberty (i.e. freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom to gather, etc.) and economic opportunity. It takes both to create true freedom. In the Disney films, The Little Mermaid, King Triton tells his daughter ...

If you have ever moved long distance to a city or place you are not familiar with, you know how complicated the process can be. I remember our move from Columbus, Ohio, to Elkview, West Virginia, decades ago. We didn’t know anyone and weren’t familiar with the area. We needed a house we ...

It is possible to have too much of a good thing. My husband, Mike, and I try to make the most of our groceries, so we do our meal planning in a way that allows us to build off of the same ingredients for a variety of dishes over multiple days. That’s exactly what we did this past week, but ...