A text from my friend caught me completely by surprise. I wasn’t prepared for the news because, quite frankly, it had been
Winter can be miserable in St. Louis, with the gray sky, cold temperatures and static electricity from hats. But there
I’ve always been a take-charge kind of person. If there is something on my ‘to-do’ list, it gets done. I return phone
This is it, my last column for 2016. It’s time to reflect on the year that was and the one
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Anyone who has struggled to find a diagnosis for their mystery ailment knows the search can feel like a journey
People use a variety of words to describe me: blunt, funny, liberal, sarcastic. Graceful is not one of them. I am clumsy,
Doesn’t everyone have a friend they want to spend more time with? That’s how I feel about Colleen. So when she asked
This is the story, a true story, about a woman, her hair and the lessons she learned when she decided to make
I keep a notebook to jot down ideas for future columns. Sometimes they don’t turn into anything more than musings from an






