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“Are you happy here?” Recently a friend asked me this question when she’d come to the area for a visit. She’d noticed the changes in our little town; apartments in our neighborhood where once there’d been an open field, increased traffic on the highway and more out of town license plates than could be counted.…

Simple pleasures abound and the best, I believe, are free. To discover joy, satisfaction and contentment, one only needs to pay attention to what already surrounds us in our daily existence, and acknowledge that which is good.  Naturally Good Each season in nature; winter, spring, summer and fall as well as the seasons of our…

It is Memorial weekend which can mean different things to different people. For some it is a long enough weekend to take a trip to visit relatives. Others see it as the perfect time to get their boat out of storage and into the water. Then there are those who make a jaunt to the…

Anyone who knows me, knows that I am frank. As a matter of fact, one of my sisters has an endearing nick-name for me; Frank. She admires my genuineness, how I cut to the chase and don’t mince on words. I’ve told her that I don’t know how else to be, other than to be…