Practical ways to fight depression

October 3, 2025
How to Fight Depression: A Compassionate Guide for the Journey Depression isn’t just sadness. It’s a heavy fog that can roll into our lives and cloud everything we see, touch, and feel. It’s not weakness. It’s not a flaw. It’s an illness—and it’s one many of us face, especially as...

Staying blonde

November 28, 2009

Beautiful things ~ speaks for itself

November 28, 2009
Thermometer hits 48 degrees in west-central Florida. Ahhh! Sweatshirt weather!Turning on...

Black Friday at our house

November 28, 2009
I had a great Black Friday, spent at home with my already-purchased Christmas gifts, listening to Christmas carols.Everything's wrapped and tree-ready.Those going to...

Which way’s north, boys?

November 28, 2009
We must confess: we made an online Black Friday purchase on Thanksgiving day.Yes, we found a nice, portable, Garmin GPS system for a bit over $100.Neither of our cars...

Beautiful things ~ sleigh ride

November 27, 2009
Doesn't this look like...

More info is not always a good thing

November 27, 2009
On Day Four of steroid treatment, plenty of water and a very, very low salt diet, young Dr. Kildare was right: my hearing has almost completely returned. Thankfully. I...

Gratitude Friday ~ God’s patience

November 27, 2009
Today and every day I'm grateful to God, who is patient with my doubts and shows His presence in my life time and time again. Thank...

Attitude evolution

November 27, 2009
A few years ago I met a kind of in-your-face reporter, not my favorite to work with, but common in the crisis cases I worked on. Still, I kinda liked him.Once the...

Overheard the dogs talking after Thanksgiving dinner

November 26, 2009

Thanksgiving

November 26, 2009
When bad things happen to others or even if we emerge successfully ourselves from a trial, we realize how lucky and blessed we really are.Happy Thanksgiving to you all...

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