Human Interest

Meet Abel Helson, a brave little boy who is battling a rare cancer, Acute Myeloid Leukemia. There's a fundraiser coming up to help this beautiful family. Here's more about Abe, how you can help, and where you can send him a card!

The sheer fullness of the heart during this time of year is unparalleled. Everything couldn't be more perfect; unless you're suicidal.

My sister and I have always gotten the biggest kick out of our mom's own special pronunciation guide. She pronounces certain words certain ways and that's just the way it is.

Yesterday at Rooster Booster, it was the end of an era. Kirk Kirkpatrick, the MC of the breakfast for the last 37 years, was in front of the mic for the last time as MC. The event was huge and there were some really nice parts saying goodbye to Kirk...

While I would love to say otherwise, the original reason for starting an exercise program as an adult was the very superficial worldly desire to lose weight and look like the skinny models on the magazine covers. In my young mind this seemed very reasonable especially if it kept me motivated enough …

Well the end of another year has come. Time to start fresh in another year. And many of us have New Year’s resolutions to help us make the New Year a better one. I usually make New Year’s resolutions but for one reason or another I fail to keep them...

Edward Snowden.  Everyone knows the face by now and it seems that he is still sitting in the Moscow Airport waiting for some light at the end of his long, long tunnel.
Still, every time I think of Snowden, I think of Carmen Sandiego and how she just went from place to place around the world...

 
 
 
 
 
 
I love history.  I knew that my house in Newport, Ohio,  was old but I didn't consider how old.  It's called the Alford House and was built in the very early 1900's.  I didn't know it was called the Alford House -- which we moved into in 1994 --  until this past Tuesday. Alford - now we have a…

Here he is... Edward Snowden.  He's on the move again and the Government wants him right now.  Its a shame they can't jump into the picture and arrest him because im sure by now people are sick of seeing the image.  Most of us know what he has done
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Ok so for those who may not know this, I am getting married later this year! That being said, I didn’t realize how hard planning a wedding is. A lot more goes into it than I could have imagined. I am learning about things that are part of the wedding that I would have never thought o…