Real Life and Other Randomness

Dean Nazworth was one-of-a-kind. I know people say that about others all the time as a way of trying to provide a blanket statement of their...

There have been several times these last few weeks where I wanted to be anywhere or do anything else but what I've been doing. Many time...

The last two weeks have been an up-and-down, sideways-twisting, loop-the-loop, roller coaster of a ride. With any chronic disease, like Park...

Thursdays are my mother's favorite days. Thursdays are shuffling cards, homemade desserts, and good friends. Thursdays are a break from ...

I hate the smell of Axe body spray. As a junior high teacher, it's my right -- nay, my duty as an American educator -- to lead the fig...

I've always had a variety of musical tastes. My parents loved old country. My friends were into hip-hop and rap. I graduated high school...

One of my mother's favorite games is Scrabble. She is amazing at it. She used to play Scrabble with her friend, Ann, who was the only pe...