By Lauren Catanese When you are a kid it’s easy to dream big. I still have my lists I made from high school all the things I was going to accomplish. 1. Own an island 2. Start a non-profit for children 3. Have a big farm full of horses, dogs and kids. 4. See all […] Read More

By Lauren Catanese When you are a kid it’s easy to dream big. I still have my lists I made from high school all the things I was going to accomplish. 1. Own an island 2. Start a non-profit for children 3. Have a big farm full of horses, dogs and kids. 4. See all […] Read More

FOURTH OF JULY By Sean Dietrich Carl, 92, U.S. Army: “During the war, we had everyone pulling for us at home, and we knew it, too. Even movie stars were rooting for the troops. Those were different times. “As soldiers, there were moments, between the fighting, over in Europe, that we talked about personal things, […] Read More

FOURTH OF JULY By Sean Dietrich Carl, 92, U.S. Army: “During the war, we had everyone pulling for us at home, and we knew it, too. Even movie stars were rooting for the troops. Those were different times. “As soldiers, there were moments, between the fighting, over in Europe, that we talked about personal things, […] Read More

By Rev. Pete Hyde I have made many trips heading west from Oklahoma to various places in the Rockies.  Whether heading out on Interstate 40 through the vast open plains to Amarillo and beyond or heading from Woodward, Oklahoma on the lonely, two-lane U.S. 412 down the center of the Oklahoma panhandle for hours and […] Read More

By Rev. Pete Hyde I have made many trips heading west from Oklahoma to various places in the Rockies.  Whether heading out on Interstate 40 through the vast open plains to Amarillo and beyond or heading from Woodward, Oklahoma on the lonely, two-lane U.S. 412 down the center of the Oklahoma panhandle for hours and […] Read More

Lessons for Living the Dream:  A Bike Ride Across Georgia By Kirk McCarly Conditions were near ideal for cycling the mountains and piedmont of North Georgia. Spending seven days covering 386 miles and more than 25,000 feet of elevation climb, my buddy Fred Williams and I traversed granite-faced hills, gurgling clear streams, and green meadows along […] Read More

Lessons for Living the Dream:  A Bike Ride Across Georgia By Kirk McCarly Conditions were near ideal for cycling the mountains and piedmont of North Georgia. Spending seven days covering 386 miles and more than 25,000 feet of elevation climb, my buddy Fred Williams and I traversed granite-faced hills, gurgling clear streams, and green meadows along […] Read More

Grace I never feel mellow, I’m like a kaleidoscope of fire, igniting into vulnerable energy. Its silent like a hello without words, and gratitude is sometimes hard to reach, but with the omnipotent latitude there’s hope. I’m 50 shades of confusion, bipolar without the soap. I wash, clean with holy agendas invincible like my pride. […] Read More