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Warm weather makes for good camping

Now that the weather’s finally warming up, it’s a great time to plan a camping trip. My favorite time to camp is on nice, sunny ... Read more

by Debra Howell, Thursday, May 29, 2014 7:00 am

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Honoring our service men and women

Military service members make great sacrifices daily in order to defend our country and it’s citizens. Many of them pay the ultimate price for their ... Read more

by Debra Howell, Friday, May 23, 2014 7:00 am

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Journaling is often therapeutic

It’s a good habit to start writing things down. Though I don’t mean by keeping a list. Or jotting things down before they slip your ... Read more

by Debra Howell, Friday, May 16, 2014 7:00 am

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National Nurse’s Week

I’ve spent a lot of time in hospitals throughout my life — though never as a patient. Read more

by Debra Howell, Friday, May 9, 2014 7:00 am

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Rules of the road


May is National Bike Month — an event widely celebrated as a means to promote cycling and it’s many benefits. Read more

by Debra Howell, Friday, May 2, 2014 7:00 am

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Proper care for Easter pets

Every year around Easter, I notice trucks lining the highways and parking lots with cages of baby animals, usually with some innocuous phrase scrawled out ... Read more

by Debra Howell, Friday, April 25, 2014 7:00 am

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Think green

April 22, 2014 is Earth Day — a day that marks the anniversary of the modern environmental movement that evolved in 1970. As little as ... Read more

by Debra Howell, Friday, April 18, 2014 7:00 am

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Technology helping pets

As a young girl, I had a strong love for animals and often dreamed of becoming a veterinarian. This was the solution my 8-year-old-self came ... Read more

by Debra Howell, Friday, April 11, 2014 7:00 am

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Photography, a great hobby

In the spirit of staying ambitious, it’s good practice to learn new things and remain a student of the world around you. Photography is a ... Read more

by Debra Howell, Friday, April 4, 2014 7:00 am

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Complacency vs. ambition

Before I start, let me loosely define complacency as “a sense of satisfaction in things that are certain”; then I’ll assume its antonym is ambition, ... Read more

by Debra Howell, Friday, March 28, 2014 12:34 pm

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