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Season your skillets and mind your muffins
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Hello, everyone! Am I the only one who is glad the holidays are over? Even my apron strings are exhausted. I hope you all
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This and That Starting 2020 off right
By Jim Ayres “Low-Carb and Loving It!†I think that was the name of the Food Network show that aired about 15 years ago. Well, I’m resurrecting it in 2020!
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Hear Me Out: Best Albums of 2019
By Chris Azzopardi 10. Miranda Lambert, Wildcard After flooding a sublime double-disc album with her post-divorce feelings (hey, divorce is hard!), Miranda Lambert got her groove back and then finally
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5 Sexual Fetishes I’m Definitely Not Here For
By Mikey Rox Good sex is a many splendored things. But like many splendored things, good sex is relative. We all have our proclivities, and here is a handful that
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A New Year with 2020 vision
By Forest Riggs Finally, the New Year has arrived. With Thanksgiving and Christmas well behind us, New Year’s Eve came along and gave cause for great celebration. Millions gathered and
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Starting the new year with gratitude
By Rena McCain Happy Weedsday to all of you beautiful people! Just wow! The Walk4Change event that took place on December 9, 2019, in Houston at the Midtown Bar and
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Pop goes the LGBTQ quiz
By Nancy Ford Happy New Year! As we launch into the third decade of the 21st century, in order to most happily and healthfully embrace our future, it’s essential to
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The Women of the Decade Awards
By Nancy Ford You no doubt noticed it’s almost the law that columnists compile an annual “Best of†list, revisiting the highest and lowest points of the preceding twelve months
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The Year in Review: Part 2 Looking back at the highs and lows
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: “In fiction and less frequently in non-fiction, satire is a genre of literature and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses and shortcomings are held up
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Blessings event challenges the status quo
By Randall Jobe “Protests are sacred, too,†explains Bering Memorial Pastor Diane McGehee as she outlines decisions to go heads up against “The Traditional Planâ€, a policy passed at the
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Last call for holiday theatrical spectaculars
By Randall Jobe Theatre Under The Stars presents Elf: The Musical. Based on the 2003 movie, this modern-day classic returns in an all-new production. Unaware that he is actually human,
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Like Sand Through the Hourglass
| So long, 2019 and welcome, 2020. “2020 has got to better than 2019†By Forest Riggs Can you believe it? Seems like in the blink of an eye, 2019