This is a story about food, specifically, Chinese food. When I was a child, my parents ran a small town grocery store, the kind that supplie...

There's a "new" mint on the world market this week. Okay, okay, it's not new , but it is newly available and I'm excit...

My friend, Olee, and I, drove to Springfield (MO) to view the rare carrion flower. The bulb was bought on eBay by Dr. Roston, who was on han...

Sometimes, life brings amazing gifts, and sometimes from the most unexpected places. The house just down the road from us, where Johnny and ...

I used to hate breakfast. It was the most boring meal of the day and every day I dreaded eating it. Some days I nearly gagged, gobbling down...

By the calendar, March 1st wasn't the first day of spring. But I've never watched the calendar too closely, no more than I watch wat...

Today, February 26, would have been Johnny Cash's 78th birthday. He was born in Kingsland, Arkansas, Feb. 26, 1932. My teenage years inc...