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Rows and Rows of Beige

In junior high I had a short-lived interest in latch hook. For those who don’t know, latch hook is that form of pseudo-sewing where you use a latched hook (duh) to loop yarn into a grid-like backing and make rugs, pillows, wall hangings and other fuzzy …

A Wink and a Smile

Winking is a tricky gesture. If done incorrectly, you run the risk of looking creepy. Or like you have something in your eye. I’ve been on the receiving end of some pretty weird winks, and let me tell you, it was uncomfortable. (For the record I have t …

Hold on Loosely

If you’re as ancient as me, you might remember the band 38 SPECIAL. (Some of you are nodding; most of you are going, “Who?”). One of the group’s biggest hits was a song about a certain mistake guys make. “Hold on Loosely” counseled over-eager suitors n …

Wedding Prices and Marital Success

Phone calls from journalists get me thinking. And I have gotten a few of them in the last few days about … the Kardashians. Now, all I know about that is that someone named Kim has a show on television where people are trying to keep up with her. App …

The Lost Art of Meeting a Spouse

When it comes to finding your soul mate, lots has changed in the last several years. With the rise of online dating, over 30 million people are now looking for love online. In fact, online dating sites have now passed up every other way married couples …

Choosing a Church

As a kid going to church, I became accustomed to traditional wooden pew seating, and singing the first, second and last verses of 15th-century hymns. Later I moved into the non-denominational realm where contemporary worship songs and edgy sermon title …

Experimenting With Evil

Evil is seemingly easy when a person in authority says you can do it. That was the chilling result of a social experiment conducted nearly 50 years ago. People were brought in and told to electrocute a person sitting in the chair. Since the person in a …

Bridal Battles: Part I

As a newly engaged woman, the wedding stresses have been hitting me like bricks lately, and I assume this will continue over the next couple months. I hope through the coming months I can serve to set a good example for a blissful engagement and also d …

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