(1) poppopx7 | 12 days ago

I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing this article. There are certain people that enters our lives, and leaves an indelible mark upon our hearts that...

(1) Mark Jacobson | 4 months ago

Here I am, a technologically impaired backwoods Montana boy, writing stories on a blog site. It's much harder for me to believe than you can imagine. I have spent half a ...

(1) Mark Jacobson | 6 months ago

Whatever happened to the bird flu? I was sure that half the world's population would be wiped out by now. Could it be that our mainstream mass media could have actually b...

(1) Mark Jacobson | 6 months ago

The latest environmental battle is on over the listing of the Polar Bear as an endangered species. As usual, there may be more to the story than meets the established med...

(0) Maya | 4 months ago

If you've been paying attention to the news over the past 48 hours, you'll likely have seen the headline that reads something to the effect of "Teens made pregnancy pact."...

(0) Maya | 5 months ago

As a kid growing up in America, my biggest fear was hearing the phone ring in the middle of the night. It seemed ominous, and the very idea brought with it a sense of fore...

(0) Maya | 5 months ago

As I referenced in my last post, things are a little iffy right now with my grandmother's health. I arrived today in Bombay to see her, uncertain whether this is one of th...

(4) rposner23 | 5 months ago

"Are you guys identical?" "We don't know." "Do you feel each other's pain?" "I don't think so. I guess I don't know." "Do you ever like wake up and forget which one you a...

(1) R. Eason | 4 months ago

Anyone who moves to New York City with the hope of finding happiness is a fool. I should know, I was one. Unlike any other city in the world, New York offers the promise ...

(0) missadena | 4 months ago

On Saturday Morning, my friends, mom and myself decided a day at the Mandra Spa at Planet Hollywood might be a good way to prepare ourselves for the "Las Vegas" Lifestyle...

(0) R. Eason | 4 months ago

I called my 86 year old grandmother one morning and was surprised to hear how jovial she sounded. Her poor health had given the family a scare. The hospital admitted her ...

(0) R. Eason | 4 months ago

"I cannot date him anymore," she said to me vehemently. "Why not?" I asked her, genuinely surprised. After all, this was the same man she had gushed to me about only thre...

(5) R. Eason | 4 months ago

My sister is lost to me forever. Six months ago she sent me a text message at work that severed our bond. Even if we were to rekindle our friendship, a friendship that se...

(2) R. Eason | 3 months ago

It is an addiction like many others. It is as socially acceptable as drinking and smoking. How does one know when one is indulging a bit too much? With drinking the signs...

(1) Galvanize | 5 months ago

So the WashingtonPost has just come out stressing a long ignored series of findings: turns out bottled water and tap water are essentially the same thing. But how can this...

(0) missadena | 5 months ago

As promised here are my favorite Las Vegas events, attractions and everything in between: The Miracle Mile Shops At Planet Hollywood: This mall has it all. Find the perfe...

(2) R. Eason | 4 months ago

It is a sickening video. A Georgia teen carefully places a helpless baby on an inflatable pillow. He jumps on the pillow, catapulting the child through the air like a mis...

(1) R. Eason | 4 months ago

"You blew a good opportunity here," she said to me with unconcealed anger. "You didn't know how good you had it and now you want to leave?" "Yes," I replied. I was firm i...

(5) R. Eason | 5 months ago

"So do you think their marriage can survive this?" I asked. Martin, my boyfriend of a few months, slowly turned his attention away from his computer and looked at me from...

(0) Maya | 5 months ago

I know I have unusual reading tastes for someone my age (always have), but when the author of a book confirms that you are strange for having heard of the Mitford sisters ...

(0) R. Eason | 3 months ago

The last time I cried, I cried for my dog. The last time I laughed heartily, I laughed at my dog. The last time I pondered the simplest joys of life...well, that too, was...

(5) R. Eason | 4 months ago

Why do smart women tolerate stupid men? What qualifies as a stupid man? A man who has a beautiful wife, healthy children, a successful career yet risks it all for sex wit...

(4) frontporch | 4 months ago

Grandpa kept himself busy in the barn, finding little chores - the ones that always need doing but mostly aren't important enough to hem and haw about. But a stir in his ...

(2) missadena | 4 months ago

Two great parties took place last week. First, was the Banana Republic, Gap and Old Navy Press Launch. Editors and The Media were able to get a glimpse into the Holiday F...

(2) blackfamilylife | 4 months ago

We have taken on small projects, here and there, the past 6 months to complete some home improvements around the house. It has actually been a whirlwind of emotion in try...

(1) blackfamilylife | 4 months ago

And here comes "Monday Fever" again. Most people who work outside the home begin thinking, on Sunday, about returning to work on Monday. The weekends generally include "o...

(2) missadena | 4 months ago

Dear Friend and Fashion Favorite, Jerry Tam will be featured on Project Runway Tonight! Jerry Tam's line, FORM has been generating a huge buzz amongst those in the know. ...

(2) shivers | 4 months ago

POetrY LoVerS! POets! DrEAmeRs!!! PARTICIPATE IN ONLINE POETRY CONTEST!!! EMAIL your poem to shivers.poems@pnn.com and Check back here to know who won - and to read the o...

(0) pamstone | 4 months ago

Creating a New Life! Earlier this year, I woke up in the hospital after having suffered a mild heart attack, and realized I needed a new life. If you are like me, you hav...

(4) MissFit | 4 months ago

Shape.com 's Janet Lee shares an easy modification to the conventional crunch that will have your abs beach-ready in no time. Says Lee, "When you do regular crunches, you...

(4) Beth Campbell | about 1 month ago

I read an article about Fitflops in my local paper The Minneapolis Star Tribune on 7/19/08. The article stated that fitflops had a built in gym. They look like flipflops,...

(3) Beth Campbell | 13 days ago

Dance is helping children with autism build new learning pathways Autism is a spectrum disorder. We know that every child is different and what helps one child might not ...

(4) MissFit | 4 months ago

I am a big proponent of doing what I want to do, when I want to do it - that is, within reason. That might sound strange coming from someone who runs a fitness and nutrit...

(5) R. Eason | 4 months ago

I admit it. I got sucked into the hype machine for the new feature film The Dark Knight . The dark trailers with just a hint of Batman and The Joker left me salivating fo...

(4) frontporch | 4 months ago

Just a wide spot on the highway. The forest has left enough room at the edge to fit a market and a couple of fuel pumps. About 'round are the farms and fences of folks an...

(5) R. Eason | 4 months ago

Dear Ms. Shepherd, I recently read an online article that quoted you as saying that you had experienced a low point in your life when you slept with several men and had m...

(5) Beth Campbell | 4 months ago

You Can Help a Child Dance You can make a difference....I need your help. I have a dream and I am a believer of the concept that "If you can dream it, you can achieve it"...

(3) Hollee Chadwick | 4 months ago

Every Spring I talk about putting in a vegetable and flower garden. Every Spring I buy a few flowers and plant or pot them. Every Summer I get busy with something else an...

(1) aamina | 4 months ago

So, summer is upon us and although kids may be getting ready to get back to school, some of you may still have beach holidays to look forward to...a weekend away or, hopef...

(1) aamina | 4 months ago

Now who doesn't struggle when naming their pets...or even their children? Here are a few suggestions for names inspired by great literary characters. Please feel free to a...

(4) frontporch | 3 months ago

2:33 A.M., this morning. The farm was settled into sleep when a ruckus erupted out on the highway. Since our property borders a particularly deceiving bend of the road, w...

(5) Beth Campbell | about 1 month ago

Saturday July 26, 2008 My grown son Brian just got a new puppy. If you've never seen the movie "My Dog Skip" it is a must see. It is a love story between a boy and his do...

(5) Beth Campbell | about 1 month ago

I know together we can make a difference. My name is Ms. Beth and I write about all things important to me i.e. Little Dancers, children, family, finding happiness/succes...

(5) Stubblejumpers Café | 29 days ago

Got a question for the cards? Madam Katrinka will divine the tarot for you. Delivered via email and for a donation, private card readings can be arranged. But for free yo...

(5) Stubblejumpers Café | 3 months ago

When I discovered online journals, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. People published their ongoing diaries for all to read... why, it was like receiving a friendly ...

(3) Beth Campbell | about 1 month ago

Beth Campbell Keynote Speaker Providing Motivational Presentations to enhance your life Nationally Speaking to inspire positive outcomes Keynote Presentations and Trainin...

(3) Beth Campbell | about 1 month ago

An engaging story and appealing message that is easy to understand and instantly applicable. The message applies to everyone. The problem - Susie is always complaining ab...

(4) Beth Campbell | about 1 month ago

Thank you, California for being the first state to ban the use of trans fats in restaurants. I know that some people will say this is too much regulation, others will say...

(5) Beth Campbell | about 1 month ago

After a Little Dancers toddler class today 2 yr. old Annabelle insisted that she was a big girl and didn't need help getting her ballet slippers off or her flip flops on....

(5) R. Eason | 4 months ago

For the life of me I cannot understand why there is still an audience for Oprah's diet shows. I saw a show recently and Oprah was an authority, along with her exercise gu...

(4) Kimberly Michalski | 2 months ago

I've been waiting for 2 years to get rid of that awful cantaloupe color in the "dining room". This weekend the movers came and hauled away the dining room furniture and n...

(4) Kimberly Michalski | 2 months ago

The MakeOver I've been waiting for 2 years to get rid of that awful cantaloupe color in the "dining room". This weekend the movers came and hauled away the dining room fu...

(2) shivers | 3 months ago

the sweetness of things lies in the fact that they end eventually. like a chocolate muffin. if it was endless, would you like it as much? ...

(5) Stubblejumpers Café | 3 months ago

From K in New England: I feel like I'm waiting for something. The next step? Where do I go now? I want to feel passionate about doing something. Why do I feel like my lif...

(5) Stubblejumpers Café | 2 months ago

Wouldn't it be perfect if restaurants had reclining chairs and after you'd stuffed yourself you could lie back for an hour? If only I ran the world . As it happens, I do ...

(4) Kimberly Michalski | about 1 month ago

It took about a week to convert the dining room into a study. As you know, we got rid of the cantaloupe color. The existing chair rail and crown molding were stained colo...

(3) Kimberly Michalski | about 15 hours ago

Whatever it is you want to do, you can. Put your mind to the task, develop some tunnel vision and start. Nothing is accomplished without effort. Someone said that a trifl...

(5) Stubblejumpers Café | 3 months ago

“The sound of screeching tires woke me. It was near midnight, and we had just gone to sleep. A stranger deliberately drove over our tent, then attacked us both with an ...

(2) Hank | 11 days ago

I don't know how many times I have told someone "nothing has changed, everything is the same here." But that is a lie because nothing ever is the same. Our lives are not ...

(5) Beth Campbell | about 1 month ago

I can't remember a time when I wasn't singing, dancing, whirling and twirling. I believe that my life was choreographed before I was five, but I didn't always follow the ...

(4) Beth Campbell | about 1 month ago

Make sure to see a doctor if bitten by a spider Late last Saturday afternoon I was watering plants outside in my yard when I felt a bite or a sting on the back of my calf...

(5) Stubblejumpers Café | 3 months ago

The Farmer’s Wife lives in Kansas, “nine miles from anything.” She cooks, she sews, she crafts, she grouts (though it kills her), and she watches the corn grow. She...

(7) minutemaid | 3 months ago

Everywhere I turn in pop culture, there’s another vampire. First of all you’ve got the massive storm that is “Twilight” coming out in December. And the newest in ...

(2) shivers | 3 months ago

my heart fell out of my chest and i knew suddenly what heartache meant. it is not an abstract concept. it is a very real pain when your chest constricts and your heart is...

(5) Stubblejumpers Café | 3 months ago

Any insights into my financial situation? I am a single mom and have been unemployed (and desperately trying to find work) for almost nine months now. Is there a job at h...

(21) Kimberly Michalski | 3 months ago

Just a little update for readers. I posted a pic of me and my mum-in-law sitting at the desk in the room we flipped. Hubby set up the computer with her favorite games and...

(3) Kimberly Michalski | about 1 month ago

The prospect of unearthing my very own ruby without leaving the U.S. was alluring. Several years ago, my husband learned about Sheffield Mine via a segment on the Travel ...

(2) I'm Maudie Durkin | 3 months ago

New Section: AGING DISGRACEFULLY! -- Behaving badly isn't just for young people! Being stupid and boorish and rude? You don't have to be a kid to do that! Watch for this ...

(2) Food Heathen Gazette | 3 months ago

Is it Thanksgiving Yet? Last year I didn't complete the preparation of my first-ever turkey. Things turned very ugly. Tomorrow, I'll tell you what happened when OVORKEY i...

(0) Food Heathen Gazette | 3 months ago

Nah..especially if you have no idea what you're doing! Tomorrow I'll tell you what happened when OVORKEY invaded, at our Thanksgiving dinner last year. ...

(5) Beth Campbell | 3 months ago

Autism Speaks, the nation's largest autism advocacy organization has a public service advertisement out right now comparing the odds of becoming an Olympic Athlete to bec...

(5) Beth Campbell | about 1 month ago

Live a full and beautiful life The music continues to play. We don't stop dancing, because we're growing old. We grow old, because we stop dancing. -Ms. Beth "Do it big, ...

(3) Beth Campbell | 3 months ago

Autism Speaks, the nation's largest autism advocacy organization has a public service advertisement out right now comparing the odds of becoming an Olympic Athlete to bec...

(3) Beth Campbell | about 1 month ago

Dance is helping children with autism build new learning pathways Autism is a spectrum disorder. We know that every child is different and what helps one child might not ...

(5) Beth Campbell | about 1 month ago

The Little Dancers Story Once Upon A Time...... In a land where a big sparkling lake touched emerald grass and a rainbow stretched over a blue sky, Little Dancers was cre...

(2) shivers | about 1 month ago

Thoughts are the dandruff of your soul. They are the stuff that flakes off when your soul is dry and itching, when it has not been well oiled with spirituality and inner ...

(9) Kassandra | 3 months ago

As I prepare for my Wales departure (5 weeks!) I decided to get some much needed traveling essentials. I already own two good suitcases that I will be taking with me over...

(21) Kimberly Michalski | about 8 hours ago

Several weeks ago during worship service, I was enjoying the pastor deliver an intriguing sermon when I was interrupted. "Where you at?" The man beside me asked. I looked...

(2) missadena | 3 months ago

The Hamptons used to be the best summer getaway, but this year, for me, Atlantic City has been a blast!! One of my traveling companions suggested we host a bachelorette p...

(4) Kimberly Michalski | about 15 hours ago

Occasionally I execute my privileges as Executive Boss (mom) and force my children to do wicked things. Like shut down the XBox and go outdoors. I know it's summer break,...

(5) Beth Campbell | about 1 month ago

Little Dancers Make My Day! If I'm under the weather and my body aches, I have a cold or a headache all I have to do is teach a Little Dancers class, because regardless o...

(4) Kimberly Michalski | about 1 month ago

If your kitchen is small, there are ways to create space without going to the extreme of expanding the room. After completing our partial kitchen remodel, we purchased a ...

(7) minutemaid | 3 months ago

A homeless woman stands accused of stalking both Tom Cruise and John Cusack , since 2005 and 2006 respectively. Emily Leatherman has been arrested at both of their houses...

(7) minutemaid | 3 months ago

If you're looking for an off the beaten path romantic comedy this summer then I strongly recommend you see "In Search of A Midnight Kiss" . It's the charming story of two...

(4) Kimberly Michalski | 3 months ago

Much as I love playing in the dirt, gardening is a little more complex than making a hole and plopping in a bulb. I figured that out after planting over 200 daffodil bulb...

(7) minutemaid | 3 months ago

Full House's Dave Coulier finally confirmed, over a decade after the fact, that he is the mystery man in Alanis Morissette's breakout hit song "You Oughta Know". Amazing!...

(5) Beth Campbell | about 1 month ago

All winter long I told my friends and family that I heard a large animal in the attic. Well, here he is. As it turned it he had ripped the louvers off the attic vent and ...

(4) Kimberly Michalski | about 1 month ago

Let the games begin! Even though summer break is nearly over, the kids are blowing the dust off of favorites that have stood the test of time and the tough scrutiny of li...

(4) Kimberly Michalski | about 1 month ago

The activities are endless when kids employ their own imagination! ...

(7) minutemaid | 3 months ago

Amazing: celeb chef Julia Child was a WWII era spy ! Previously classified documents were released on Thursday that named Child and all sorts of other notable people as b...

(5) Beth Campbell | 28 days ago

When you've traveled difficult paths, you come to understand that your faith is the most valuable thing you have. With faith you can overcome the most challenging circums...

(4) Kimberly Michalski | about 1 month ago

If bicycle riding is anything like ice skating, you never forget...right? Exactamundo! At least that's how it worked for me. It's been 25 years since I've been on the ice...

(5) Stubblejumpers Café | 3 months ago

This guy has got to be one of Canada's most industrious writers. He's a celebrated playwright, whose work is seen on stage (the photo is one of his Dora awards for theatr...

(7) minutemaid | 3 months ago

I have a theory that Jennifer Aniston is the modern day Marie Antoinette. People are absolutely obsessed with every facet of Aniston's love live in a much more in-depth w...

(2) shivers | 3 months ago

Your world is a mirror of you. What you see out there is what you hold inside. So if you are filled with love, boy, are you going to get some! But if you're not, you can ...

(21) Kimberly Michalski | 26 days ago

We know that every day he ingests over 10,000 calories and practices about 5 hours. But did you know he has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, also known as Attent...

(21) Kimberly Michalski | 2 months ago

I could have sworn last night I saw the marquee on the Fox News channel alerting viewers of a high-speed chase involving Anderson Cooper ! Today after searching the web, ...

(4) Ed Michalski | 3 months ago

If your disbelief was not unsettling enough, please hold on, because you are now downwind of the sweet delectable candy factories. We find ourselves in a maelstrom of tas...

(7) Dan Weisman | 3 months ago

Olympic fever? Hardly. Not all that hot. Too bad for NBC, the Olympics have been interesting, a bit exotic and a showcase, just not for them and not so much for people he...

(5) Stubblejumpers Café | 3 months ago

Should my husband and I have another baby? - Karla Answer: VII Pentacles Not right away. You have two lovely children and are managing well with them, but another child w...

(4) frontporch | 3 months ago

Well, one weekend turned itself into three weeks. Uncle Henry, (actually, no-one calls him ‘uncle’ because he is aunt Susie’s fifth husband), couldn’t pull his Pl...