……….I miss Christmas shopping like it was in the olden days where you had to go to stores that had music playing and harried sales clerks to help you. Some stores even had free gift wrapping, but only if you were a man cause Santa…
………The turkeys not even on the table and my Christmas tree is up. My mantles is even flocked with pine. “Is she crazy?” I hear you saying, “Thanksgiving isn’t even over.” While I definitely am a sentimentalist, I’m also a pragmatist. I am a woman…
…….The election is over and it’s time to begin talking.. The County Commission will certify the votes making the unofficial results official and the work should begin in advance of those newly elected officials taking the oath in January. ………The Legislature goes into session one…
Elections……they bring out the worst in us. Rarely, do they bring out the best. While our focus is on the National race for President and the search for corruption in that race, West Virginia has its own long history of dirty tricks in elections and…
……….The New Cumberland Lions Club Halloween Party is tomorrow (Thursday) night at 7:15 p.m. right after the trick or treat concludes. It was my favorite part of a holiday I did not embrace nor could I ever figure out a way to get right. It’s…
……..October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast Cancer will strike one in eight women in the United States and each of us in the deep recesses of our mind believe we will be that one. I was one in eight and I will tell you I…
……I cringed when I heard the subject of this week’s sermon in Church: the upcoming election. I am a staunch believer in the separation of Church and State. We are very clear in our Constitution’s First Amendment that there be a separation of Church and State.…
……. Grief. None of us will escape going through it. Grief is different for everyone, and yet it is similar in many ways. I believe the more you know about grief, the better you can handle it. I also believe having the support of those…
…..Telephone…..phone……bag phone…….car phone….cell phone and now iphone. Has any instrument gone through such an evolution while continuing to play such an integral role in my life?. Just as there have been many versions of Tamara, there have been transformations of the phone that I never…