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Everyone needs a rock sometimes

A couple of months ago, my dad mentioned he missed seeing those colorful, decorated rocks that began popping up in random places during the pandemic. Fueled, I suppose, by more folks getting outside to avoid crowds and potential contagion, a trend started where people would leave these ...

‘Watch out for deer’ — Not good at good-byes (if this is one)

It’s crazy how the world works. Every morning, we wake up, believing we know what the next 24 hours will bring. Some mornings, we’re right. Others, we couldn’t be more wrong. Today — the day I sit and write this column — was one of the latter. And it wasn’t exactly ...

Here’s a fun craft to do while cooling off inside

When the Fourth of July is through the week like this year, we always like to spend the whole weekend celebrating the holiday. That’s when family can come to visit and we can have a nice relaxing time. We always enjoy a cookout, playing outside, letting the kids play with little Pop-Its firecrackers, and seeing fireworks our town puts on.  This year, we plan on doing all that again, but we have to make adjustments due to the weather. The temperature is supposed to be close to triple digits and that is too hot for my kiddos to be outside all day. So, I found a cute little craft ...

DIY SODA MAKING

With summer heat upon us, we may find ourselves craving a cool, bubbly soda. Instead of reaching for a conventional soda — likely full of artificial colors, sweeteners and preservatives, in a single use container, we can instead make our own soda with just a few ingredients and a little time.There are a few ways to make a homemade soda — one is to add a syrup to sparkling water. To make your soda healthier though, ferment it. The first step in making fermented soda is to make a ginger bug. To make a ginger bug, you will need: organic ginger sweetener water jar ...

Regional artist Lauren Winans to release new single “Rainbows”

Lauren Winans’ new single “Rainbows” was released this past week on all streaming platforms.This is the second single off Winans’ new EP, the “Truth will Set You Free.” The release and music is a collaboration between Winans and the WVU Music Business and Industry Program. “Rainbows” is Winans favorite. “I co-wrote this with some really great writers in Nashville before I had my kids and the song means so much more to me now, 12 years later, than it even did back then,” she said. The song written by Winans, Shanna Crooks-Perez (Demi Lovato), and Marc Beeson ...