Are Your Christmas Decorations Still Up?

Now, that we’re a full week into 2026 and Christmas 2025 is in the history books, do you still have your decorations up? Some people I know take theirs down around New Year’s. But I’ve even known people who take them down on Dec. 26. I went to work one Dec. 26 years ago andContinue reading “Are Your Christmas Decorations Still Up?”

Please Help If You Can

It’s been a little over a month since Ainsley passed. It happened on Thanksgiving weekend and shocked all of us. Ainsley was known and loved by all. Shortly before my mom passed, she would interact with Ainsley’s mother in civic events in my hometown where she would often see Ainsley and her son around. https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-doug-and-jack-rebuild-after-losing-ansley?fbclid=IwdGRjcAPJJyVjbGNrA8knDWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHj1sMC_Jew-g70dmBySQm8aGEooAxWXydtMKSVQXpSzyb4Z2y8GVBo59hiDE_aem_kVzMhDTVDyT0j7wXlDMOjQContinue reading “Please Help If You Can”

Clear Creek Monastery In The Ozarks

Opened in 1999, the Clear Creek Monastery is a Benedictine Abbey located in the Ozarks in Cherokee County, Oklahoma. The monastery also goes by Our Lady of the Annunciation of Clear Creek Abbey or just simply Clear Creek Abbey. It’s part of the Tulsa Diochese and reportedly houses about 60-70 monks from all over theContinue reading “Clear Creek Monastery In The Ozarks”

Happy Festivus!

Wishing you all a very Happy Festivus!  And this is the second time I’m having to write this post because the previous one was deleted by mistake so my grievances is a little more right now.   This has been one of the craziest fucking years of my life. I started the year with my mom’s funeral followed by getting so sick for the worst time ever in years. IContinue reading “Happy Festivus!”