Wharton brothers died before their time

William H. Wharton was still mourning the premature passing of his younger brother, when he accidentally cut his own life short on Mar. 14 , 18 39 . At ages 14 and 10, William and John Austin Wharton suddenly became orphans after losing both parents in 1816.

Antiqued

I was recently given an amazing gift: a vintage, 1950’ s era kitchen mixer. It is aqua blue, has a matching bowl, and raises up and down on a stand. The bowl sits on a spinner and turns round and round when the mixer is running.

Back in the day...

By Lynette Sowell   ...some of us lived dangerously back in the 80s, when we were in our teens. We had skills that “kids these days” don’t know of or understand. Like, how to handle a crisis when you’re hundreds of miles from home, with no cell phone, no GPS, no Internet.

Monk loved to hunt

By Willis Webb   My personal experience stories about hunting can be counted on one hand with a digit or two left over. Part of that is due to the fact that, as a boy growing up, I was never exposed to game hunting of any kind since my dad was not a hunter.

Working out

By Renae Brumbaugh   I don’t like to exercise. I don’t like anything about it. Believe me, I’ve tried. I’ve tried walking. I’ve tried jogging. I’ve tried Zumba and tennis and swimming and weightlifting.

Yes, Liberals are less Patriotic

By Rich Lowry   Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani instantly became the most notorious man in America when he said at a conservative dinner in Manhattan that President Barack Obama doesn’t love America.

How to not make the news

In a community like ours, sometimes it feels like it’s feast or famine when it comes to the news. My phone’s calendar has plenty of  ed “specks” which tell me I have newsrelated events coming up.

Women’s purses vs. men’s pockets

ILife Mate’s purse often feels heavy enough to be able to provide for an overnight stay, two road trip meals or anything else of similar volume.

Wet Log

By Renae Brumbaugh   For the past two days, Superman and I have been iced in. That’s not a sentence I ever thought I’d type, considering we live in Texas.

Creep Meets Girl

By Rich Lowry   Thelma and Louise should be appalled. Almost 25 years after their epic road movie attacked “conventional patterns of chauvinist male behavior toward females” (in the words of one critic), here arrives “Fifty Shades of Grey,” perhaps the most successful anti-feminist movie ever made.