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There is so much rancor and division among people these days. The stress of COVID, economic challenges, social unrest, and an intense season of politics has made for some stressful conditions and strife in 2020. Don't worry, I'm not going to blather on about things political or the upcomin…

Just when you think you've got a solid plan, things change. Ask the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Las Vegas Raiders. Those two teams, one of which is led by the quarterback who many believe is the GOAT, Tom Brady, and the other whose firey coach made a name for himself first with the Raiders of old, …

Well, here we go. Winter is hurtling toward us and we're not even to Halloween yet. A freeze warning in effect for tonight, with a low of around 27 degrees. That may not be alarming to you, but if you're a farmer, orchardist, grape-grower, winemaker, gardener, or any other industry which can ill-aff…

Time to pull out the winter stuff from the back of your closet.

There is so much going on in the month of October, it would be very easy to get busy and forget to make a simple reminder to yourself, during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. That reminder, if you're a woman over the age of 40 or if you have a significant family history, is to be gettin…

As we approach one of the most spooky times of the year, Halloween, there will be plenty of sightings of ghouls and goblins, witches and monsters, werewolves and mummies, and scary ghosts. There may even be a few UFOs reported in the skies above Washington State...

The good people at Top Gear just let the world know that the fastest production vehicle in the world comes from a company right here in eastern Washington. West Richland to be exact. A top speed of a whopping 331 miles per hour.

Sometimes I wonder if we've become numb to our surroundings. Perhaps, we're not consciously noticing things that we're accustomed to seeing on a regular basis. What kinds of things? Well, I'm thinking of things like commercial messages, digital images, advertising impressions, an…

Here it is, mid-October. We're a little over two weeks away from Halloween. That enchantingly creepy, spooky, and scary time of year when people are spending copious amounts of time and money to develop the perfect Halloween Costume for their Trick-or-Treating, Halloween parties, office soirees…

Hold onto your hats and batten down the hatches! This won't exactly be comparable to what Dorothy and Toto experienced, but there's a serious HIGH WIND WARNING in effect until late tonight. The folks with Yakima Valley Emergency Management  are warning us:
Strong winds are ex…

Music lovers and poetry enthusiasts alike would agree that, when it comes to the lyrical content of a song, words really do matter. Often, the lyrics give deeper meaning to a song and help to create a connection to the one who is listening to the piece...

Welcome to Episode #8 of: 'Tater Thoughts': Musings of a Golden Retriever.
From the fertile mind of Tater Tot Stephenson, the golden retriever member of the Stephenson family. (By the way, for the record, my mind is all that is fertile, following the neutering incident of 2020)...