I have an important question for you: Are you a pumpkin lover or pumpkin hater? All the time, or seasonally? Usually I’m a seasonal pumpkin lover- I especially love pumpkin muffins…but things are changing. It seems like summer has lasted an eternity. The “summer of COVID” started in March and is still going strong! Sadly, the Arizona monsoons have been…
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I decided several weeks ago to homeschool over the 2020-2021 school year. When Covid disrupted schools, and we were all waiting to see what school would look like in the fall, I decided that I didn’t want to be yanked around by every news article, gubernatorial decree or increase or decrease in the virus. I HATE being in limbo. Now,…
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Do you celebrate Pioneer Day? Are you even familiar with it? Pioneer Day is July 24, and is celebrated by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (commonly known as “Mormons’). It is the day when they arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in Utah in 1847 and Brigham Young famously said, “This is the place.” This…
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Do you have a teen that stretches you? One that seems to do life the hard way, who doesn’t listen, breaks the rules, and thinks only about themselves? Who doesn’t make the best choices and isn’t completely honest with you? A kid who turns you into a control freak? I do. (I will use the pronoun “they” in order to…
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By Lisa Mouton Note: Lisa and I were college roommates for several years and have maintained our friendship for over twenty years. With the recent death of George Floyd and other Black Americans, I invited Lisa to share the thoughts in her heart about racism and how we can all help. When the recent protests and subsequent riots began, I…
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