Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship. The books featured during Banned Books Week …
Should You Downsize Your Empty Nest?
The kids have left and now it’s only you and your partner left or maybe just you for all …
Lugz, Hip Hop, and Yo! MTV Raps with Giveaway ends 8/29
The history of Lugz is the history of Hip Hop from Birdman, to Kid Capri to Snoop Dogg it’s all there in their timeline.
Caring for Aging Parents: The Hard Questions
As we age so do our parents. The ones we turned to for support now need ours. It is very hard to deal with aging parents as it makes us face our own mortality. For those who did not have supportive parents, it can be even harder.
5 Reasons You Need a Dog
Dogs are amazing, they are our best friends, they show us love each and every day, and they become the …
The Art Of Expanding Your Spirit Through Travel
Travel is quite obviously beneficial for many people. To enjoy this process is to grasp it with both hands, and …
What are Ramps and How Do You Cook Them?
Call them ramps, spring onions, ramsons, wild leeks or wild garlic, as Mamaw Flotie would say “hit don’t matter what ya call’em they’ll cure what ails ye”. Recipes for Spring Tonic and Ramp Shrimp Scampi included.
Fire Trucks are for Boys
This was the first time I realized that boys could do things that girls were not allowed to do and it was so not fair. My mom agreed and so her and my maternal Grandfather went out and bought me a tricycle
Coal Camp Stranger
Mr. Anders had seen a family tossed out by hired men just hours after the father had been killed in a mine explosion. A woman heavy with child and four little children with nowhere to go tossed out like garbage. He could still hear her crying and screaming in Italian not understanding what was happening.
Bashful Smile
Could this child be a relative, maybe a distant cousin with those blonde eyelashes like mine and that nose that looks like my son’s? I don’t recollect any family in the Scott’s Run area but sometimes families traveled when a mine closed.
Family History
I took a picture today and thought sometimes I look at myself and I can see my family history written in my DNA.
The Most Popular Gift Cards in America
I personally love getting gift cards because it gives me the freedom to choose my own gift. It saves on returns and I can hold on to it and use it when I am broke and need something. Gift cards cost nothing to ship and many can be sent online in minutes so no worries about if the package will arrive on time.