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Even non – superstitious people have a tendency to think about good fortune on New Year’s Day. All over the globe New Year’s Day is filled with symbols and traditions. In Scotland, they [...]

My New Year resolution is to write a letter to myself, both younger and older.   I plan to fill it with all of  the useful information that I did not know or chose to ignore in my younger years.  [...]

There is nothing more horrific than watching a tradition die away. According to some, it is our patriotic duty to drink egg nog during the holiday season. No one should be spared from this [...]

Even though the song says, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year,” for some people getting in the spirit is difficult. Perhaps the purse strings are tighter this year, or you are unable to be [...]

Lately it seems as though there has been a great deal of bad news in the headlines. But, when I look around at the community of Columbia, Missouri I see a great deal of hope. Last weekend I met [...]

As a child I wrote a great deal of poetry. My family was very patient with this endeavor,  as I would read it aloud to them. I proudly displayed many of my works by taping them to my closet door. [...]

All of us have something that makes us feel like the holidays have arrived. For me it is the first taste of a divinity. For those of you who do not know, Divinity is a fluffy, creamy candy made [...]

Snowmageddon seems like a melodramatic term to characterize a storm, but we hear a great deal of this sort of thing on the news. As we gear up for yet another winter, it is important to think [...]

Once the turkey has been eaten, the children have all left to play and the rest of the family is watching football,  you look out across a table of heaping left overs. You think to yourself, [...]

Columbia has a symphony. Yes, I will say it again. Columbia, Missouri has a symphony and they are dedicated to enhancing and increasing the cultural awareness of classical music in the [...]