I had to go wayyy back in the archives to find this one – originally posted in August 2008. I thought of it as I was looking in my closet, t...

When you're raised to believe that things happen for a reason , then there is no such thing as a coincidence. The people you meet, the t...

I saw a tv commercial the other night that stopped me in my tracks. It was for Yoplait Whips. While I am a devout consumer of Yoplait Light ...

It's been almost a year since I finally uncovered the secret to making a good cup of coffee in New Mexico. I wrote about this life-chang...

Go ahead. Ask. You know you want to. The question's been popping into your mind every time you've come to visit for the past week, b...

Roasted green chile. I wish you could smell this. Smokey, pungent, and intoxicating, nothing beats the aroma of roasted green chiles in Sept...

Seems like whenever I have to head out to pick up a critically important package, it rains, the dirt road turns to slop, and the trip turns ...

I love my morning coffee. My day does not begin officially until I've had an entire pot. But here's the rub – the coffee I make has ...

O Internet, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. When you get to the heart of the matter, the whole reason I can live and thrive in th...

Not to worry! You're in the right place. Welcome to the new, improved 7MSN blog. A few months back, I finally dumped the old Blogger t...

All this social networking stuff is making me feel a little unsettled. Here I was, all comfy at home at my blog, merrily sharing my life an...

Jeff Foxworthy built an entire franchise around "You know you might be a redneck when..." Some of those redneck things do apply to...

Football is not my favorite sport, but I'll be watching the Superbowl today just to see what my favorite Clydesdales are up to this year...

My new president (ok, our new president – I suppose I have to share him) has been sending me e mails for a few months now. Sure, they'r...

Years from now, I think we all might pause now and then to remember where we were and what we were doing on this election day. Smooch wasn...

A little worried... Relaxing, but still not ready to let our guard down... Hopeful... Looking forward to tomorrow... Proud to be living in a...

My mind has been muddled with too many thoughts lately and I've got to dump them somewhere to make way for new ones. Four months ago, i...

The finger pointing, the negative campaigning, the lies, the spins...I just want this election season to be over!  Come on, now.  Who hasn...

Warning: this post has nothing to do with my herd of entertaining animals. A few months ago, I was listening to one of my favorite weekly po...

Fess up, readers. Who among us isn't afraid of taking a tumble off our horse? The older we get, the more acute our fear becomes. We d...