Wow.  It really is an incredible sight to behold–a testament to the power of time and persistance.

Seen today at the Phoenix Zoo: I love this. Anyone can dedicate a memorial bench or plant a tribute tree, so Arlene’s family took things to a whole other level. I never had the pleasure of knowing her, but I’m willing to be she had a great sense of humor.

Last week, I tried a recipe I saw posted on Facebook, and I couldn’t believe how easy and delicious it was.  That recipe was for Apple Spice Crockpot cake: put two cans of apple pie filling into a crockpot, pour the dry Spice cake mix on top, and then put two sticks (8 oz) ofRead more about Black Forest Cake – in the crockpot![…]

I just saw this commercial for Campbell’s Organic Soup, and I am horrified!  See if you can catch why: She puts the spoon to her mouth, tastes the soup, and then STICKS THE WET SPOON RIGHT BACK INTO THE POT WITHOUT WASHING IT FIRST. Disgusting!! This is why I can’t eat anyone else cooking exceptRead more about Double dipping? NO THANK YOU, Campbell’s![…]

I went to visit my daughter in Pennyslvania today, and this afternoon, we went for a walk to the campus of Eastern University–a location we call “the happy place.”  It’s a Christian university that integrates faith, reason and justice into the curriculum, and the deeply-rooted spirituality that exists there is palpable. It’s difficult to explain,Read more about The “Happy Place” aka Eastern University[…]

Saw this great quote in Reader’s Digest regarding the value of protests: We’ve never said protests are the answer, but protests create space for the answer. Protest is disruption. Protest is confrontation. Protest is the end of silence, and what protest does is creates space for the other work to happen. DERAY MCKESSON social justiceRead more about The Value of Protests[…]

I saw THIS ARTICLE about Tom Hussey’s breathtaking photo series on DigitalSynopsis.com, and had to share it.  Hussey is a photographer who created images of elderly people looking at their own reflections, which have been superimposed with a photo of their much-younger self.   All of the images are incredibly poignant, and absolutely worth clickingRead more about Soul-Stirring Images from Photographer Tom Hussey[…]

I know everyone means well, but “better safe than sorry” is exactly the kind of thinking that perpetuates internet hoaxes and scams.  Please THINK before you blindly share a warning on your Facebook account…better yet, check a site like HoaxSlayer.com or Snopes.com to see if it’s actually true before you spread it around. Disney isRead more about To all the Chicken Littles out there posting about privacy today[…]