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Sometimes (oftentimes) numbers don't make sense — to me, at least. Oh sure, 2 plus 2 equals 4, and numbers are unchangeable, so they should follow logical standards. But they don't. Therein lies the mystery. Let's start with gas — the gallon variety. Why is gas priced...

You probably don't realize the weirdness of your own because it's just the way your family does things, so that makes it normal for you. Like peanut butter on pancakes or ketchup on potato chips.

Seems the first snowfall is always enjoyed by so many of our kids and grownup kids, too. Now, all we have to do is put up with it and the colder temperatures for the next few months. Congratulations to Dardanell "Beanie" Randa who was featured in the Pine Journal's Volunteer Spotlight...

My calendar tells me where to go and what to do. With one quick glance I get a visual on how many days I have to prepare for Thanksgiving or whether my husband's birthday falls on a Thursday or Friday. By this time of year, the calendar is well-used and well-worn. It has been examined,...

While there, we took a city tour with a step-on guide and toured the Kennedy assassination site and museum, then to Fort Worth for a few hours at the stockyards. We toured the Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum in Austin

What better way to be pampered than having someone make your bed?

Here's another "can't miss" event: On Nov. 18, we can all be part of a very special reunion of the Santa family Third Generation group. Jeanne (Santa) Doty, retired UMD professor of music, and her brother, Gregg Santa, of the Norwegian National Opera Chorus, will present "Songs from...

According to some weather experts, we will have a colder and snowier winter than usual. A beautiful and meaningful memorial service was held Oct. 18 for Konnie Smith Webb. There was so much love and thoughtfulness in the service and afterwards at the luncheon.

There are 7.5 billion of us living, eating and breathing here on planet Earth. And although each of us is unique, we have one thing in common. Each of us, without exception, began our journey in the same way: as newborn babies. Naked and afraid. Think about that. Let it sink in. Look...

They are taking a stand and making actionable what they believe is necessary, believing "this is the best choice," of a bag full of worse ones. It's nuanced and terrifying and heartbreaking and the wrongness of it is recognizable only after the sound of the gun startles someone else,...

The Area Clothing Depot is having a "Coat and Sweater" Giveaway Oct. 24 through Nov. 4, featuring one free coat and three sweaters per person per visit. Donations of coats and sweaters are also welcome. Recently several large furniture items were dropped off at the Clothing Depot....

Hand soap is hand soap, right? It turns out I hit the jackpot with my random choice of product. Like I said, I didn't notice right away. But when I did the words on the label became impossible to ignore: Miracle Marula oil.

I heard that hundreds of folks took a ride through Jay Cooke State Park this past week as the whole road was opened up after the devastating floods of 2012. There were over 80 washouts along that road and now they have all been repaired.

Summer's waning and in my part of town that means one thing: time to take the boat out of the water.