My Suzuki C50 gets better gas mileage than my car, so as a newspaper reporter I ride the bike when out on the beat covering cutting edge news in Delaware County, like the Andes Chili Cook Off today. Fortunately, I’ve acclimated myself to upstate New York roads, but remind myself to keep a sense of…

Revisiting and revising can broaden our scope of reality and keep our expectations realistic. J Ward Regan, Ph.D., a professor at New York University recently gave a lecture titled, “Feet, Hooves, and Rails: Transportation in Nineteenth Century America,” depicting how America was reshaped demographically and culturally with the invention of land mobility. The bicycle, rail…

Fostering children is not for everyone, but a sincere inclination to foster is not only valid but also necessary in today’s society where almost half a million children need homes. Many of us have love-spilling-over and are ready to help, and healing does come when the decision to foster is made with wisdom. As a…

Did you know I have 3 inch long eye brows? You may call them whiskers but they stick out 3 inches nonetheless. And, it has been proven to me that my looks are not nearly as important as my attitude. It is my pure, godly, soft and furry thoughts that are loved and cared for.…

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