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Let me binge vicariously through you

I have a ridiculous amount of stuff going on right now. I won’t get into the details today, but will probably share more about it next week. Suffice to say, I haven’t had a whole lot of TV time lately. My evenings are spent on my laptop, or my phone – or, more often than not, ...

What's in a name? A better life for pets

Soon, I will be lending a hand at the largest no-kill animal sanctuary in the country. Since visiting Best Friends in Kanab, Utah, this past summer, I have dreamed of spending time there. Spanning thousands of acres in beautiful Angel Canyon, Best Friends provides second chances to ...

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 ...

When the brain fog hits, who do you blame?

I have about a half dozen half-finished columns sitting on my computer. No, not about. Exactly. I have started — and stopped — writing six times in the past week. I’ve got one about home and what that entails. One about the sneakers I wore to ruin (go, me). A ...

Got a jones for the open road, ready to go again

I hadn’t been out of the car for a full 24 hours before I shot off the first link. “11 Epic Fall Foliage Road Trips to Drive This Year.” Whoosh. No sooner had it reached its recipient than my phone dinged with a return text. “Look at you already jonesin’ for another ...