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Branson is best known for live, family-friendly entertainment, and there’s a wide variety of shows to choose from. I’m grateful to live near such a place 🙏🏽where there is almost too much to do, and we try to attend at … Continue reading →

Today is a special day for my husband and me; it’s our 44th wedding anniversary! That’s a long time, especially given that I’d only known him a month when he proposed. But we were young and in love. Or lust. … Continue reading →

I consider myself a safe driver, but the other day I got entangled in a unique situation. One that I was SO GRATEFUL to escape unscathed. Somehow I’d ended up in a fast food drive-thru lane without having had ordered … Continue reading →

My world went from calm to crazy late yesterday afternoon when I received a phone call from the medical center in Branson to remind me about my ultrasound, scheduled for 7 a.m. this morning. That was news to me; I … Continue reading →

No matter how much I try to escape the happenings of outside world, I still get inklings of ’the news.’ These days, it’s a real challenge to be genuinely optimistic on a daily basis. The expression mind over matter has … Continue reading →

Have you ever had the notion to do something you had not planned on doing, and then whatever that thing was not only fell into place nicely, but yielded an unexpected blessing? That happened to me just this past weekend. … Continue reading →

From the looks of things, it would be easy to be depressed about the current state of our beloved country. It does appear to be going to hell in a hand basket. Corrupt politicians who don’t care about the people … Continue reading →

What’s not to love about Autumn? Cooler temperatures. Comfort food and pumpkin spice anything. Sweatshirts and comforters. Hay bales, scarecrows, gourds and chrysanthemums. I love all of this, but what I love most about this season is fall foliage. After … Continue reading →

For the past five days, one of our granddogs, Fudge, has been staying with us because pets are not allowed in the cabin where my daughter’s family is staying while they visit us. Fudge is a rescued senior pup, just … Continue reading →

Yesterday while riding a local bicycling trail, my husband and I decided to stop to rest by a lovely spring in the shade. Dave read aloud its description from a trail map he’d picked up at the entrance; it emphasized … Continue reading →