The Simple Life Waking up Sunday morning was a beautiful winter wonderland. I'm sure I felt that way because I had no where I had to go. I didn't have to...
The Simple Life Remember the first time you saw a snow globe? Maybe you've seen your grandkid see her first snow globe. They will sit for quite a while, just...
The simple life Yesterday was actually warm enough to wear shorts while working in the yard. It was in the sixties, and for a few minutes the sun was shining...
The Simple Life Even in the garden, doesn't it seem like a battle sometimes? We weed, mulch, use landscape cloth, and bug killer, but we still fight deer and...
The Simple Life Gardening is good for you? What is not good for you about gardening? Besides the health benefits of the organic fresh fruits and vegetables...
The Simple Life It's very simple. Our country is in trouble. Can you be trillions of dollars in debt and not be in trouble? How did we get here? Tonight...
10-10 life and death Somehow, Native Americans found that beans, corn, and squash worked together in the garden to compliment each other. The beans put...
The Simple Life I love trees. They are so tall and majestic. They stand stately to brush against the sky. They provide protection from wind and shade from...
The Simple Life An orderly in a big hospital went to his job every day. He liked his job, but he really wished he'd gone back to school and got more...
The simple life Harvesting, something any gardener looks forward to, is not always a simple task. Oh, sure, picking is not that hard, when it comes to one...
~~~ Keeping it Simple ~~~ Welcome to the North! Here in God's country most of us live down a back road. If we don't live down a back road, it doesn't take...
The Simple Life NEW SENIOR GREETER Charlie, a new retiree greeter, just couldn't seem to get to work on time. Every day he was 5, 10, 15 minutes late. But he...
The Simple Life Get the weeds out! We ran the roto-tiller yesterday and the garden looks so good! But don't let that fool you. If you look close, and anyone...
Of Lawns and God GOD: St. Francis, you know all about gardens and nature. What in the world is going on down there in the USA? What happened to the dandelions,...
The Simple Life Easter week! What a great week to spend time with the kids. Warm temps are predicted all week. We have never had a spring like this in...
The Simple Life I grew up in a house where drugs and alcohol were nearly non-existent. But that doesn't mean I was unaffected. I had a grandparent who was a...
The Simple Life I love watching Spring commence! The fields are getting bare patches. The deer are meandering back to the woods later in the morning. The...
The Simple Life "The Family Man", starring Nicolas Cage, is a movie that makes you think about what life could have been, had we made different choices. It's...
The Simple Life Somedays, don't we just put one foot in front of the other? We just go to work, take care of the kids, get the groceries, feed the dog, and...
The Simple Life A Doctor I know was about to go into a meeting when his cell phone rang. It was his wife, she was nearly in tears. Their daughter Kelly was...
Note to my readers - I have not always gotten my column posted in any orderly fashion this past year. Since I am going back to school for my degree in...
The Simple Life By Sheryl Simons * * * "We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the...
The Simple Life Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. ~Confucius Practicing the simple life, is what makes it simple. When you keep...
The Simple Life ABT – Always be thankful! No matter how bad things look, there are things to be thankful for. When I had problems with my van last week, we...
Just a note to thank all of you for writing and wishing me a Merry Christmas! I love to hear from you all, but I don't always get to answer you all. If you...
The Simple Life Happy New Years, 2010! This has been a tough year for many of us. We've had to dig deep to find resources we would have thought would have...
The Simple Life Merry Christmas! There are only a couple days left to say it, and then our chance will be gone for another year. This year has been really...
Do you care? What if I had cancer? Or a drinking problem? I know you would care if I was recuperating from an accident or fall. But because I am a survivor of...
The Simple Life Button up – for winter. We all dread the thought of winter, if only for the thought of heat bills. Money just going up the chimney is not...
The Simple Life By Sheryl Simons Yesterday I did a double take. I saw a man who looks just like his brother. He doesn't know me, but I know who he is. I've...
