Writing an article can be one of the simplest things you ever created.  All you need is a subject and enough interest in that subject to be able to write about it.  Of course, with [...]

Trace is up early today.  He wants to get the driveway shoveled.  As he ran the snow-blower, he thought about how lucky everyone in his home was at this point in time.  He's hoping life [...]

Jason and I snuck one more kiss and hug before he went home and I went back in the house.  After washing up, I returned to the kitchen to help Mom get dinner ready by [...]

The triangle of sunlight had moved another couple of inches along the wall. I knew without looking at the clock that it was almost time to get up. When it hits that door hinge, I'll [...]

“Wow.” “Yeah.  Do you think they’ll go through with it, Tim?” “I bet Greg will.  I don’t know Jeff as well, so I’m not sure about him.” “We need a plan, just to be sure.” [...]

Can't read the text?  here's the alternate:   Body, Remember… Body, remember not only how much you were loved, not only the beds you lay on, but also those desires that glowed openly in eyes [...]

At one point in every person’s life it happens: the dreaded anxiety attack.  For some, it’s only a one off.  You’re over-stressed, losing sleep, bills are piling up, or you’re not eating properly, and you [...]

When you’re feeling anxious, and know that an attack is on its way, all you have to do to end it is distract your mind.  You can do this in any number of ways, but [...]

From the kitchen of Derros Bloodmoon   1lb (0.5 Kg) Turkey 1lb (0.5 Kg) Beef (80/20) 1lb (0.5 Kg) Pork 3 Eggs 1 Medium Onion (add more or less to taste) 1 Cup Breadcrumbs 1/2 [...]

Mardi Gras 2012: February 21 “No Officer, there’s no blood in my alcohol system.” —unknown   Mardi Gras, the time of year where anything goes.  It’s like what you would get if you mixed Halloween [...]

  In the 17- and 1800s, Great Britain ruled the seas.  They traded around the globe and explored the oceans looking for new lands.  One of the reasons they needed new lands was for ‘exporting’.  [...]

From this strangely named location comes an even stranger tradition.  It began in 1723 when the Delaware Indians settled in a place they called "the town of the sandflies."  Of course, they used their native [...]

When I took on the task of writing an article on the ubiquitous Valentine’s Day, I thought that I really got over on the person at the assignment desk.  Then I started doing my research [...]

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