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Barfing My Dog Allowed him To Live 22 Healthy Years

Though I was raised in the rural south, I had lived and worked in most of America's major cities, New York, L.A., D.C. and a few others; but when my mom fell terminally ill, I came full circle back to rural South Mississippi. A beautiful bearded collie m... Read >

Online Retail Summertime Blues:Is There A Cure?

There ain't no cure for the summertime retail blues....or is there? Historically, retailers dread the summer as far as sales are concerned. Some even close shop for long periods of time. I remember one brick and mortar store that closed the entire summer... Read >

Twitter: It Isn't Just For Business Anymore

I never ever like to say I am a Horatio Alger story, mainly because I am not. I am part-way there,but still a very long way to go. Maybe I'm a middle-class Horatio. In 1997, after twenty years on corporate America, I was put on the sidelines for severa... Read >

Confucius And Chinese History Trivia

Depending on the person or religious scholar, Confucianism is referred to as a philosophy and by others a religion. Most comprehend it as a form of humanism that is all-encompassing that neither denies nor tries to prove there is (or is not) a heaven. ... Read >

Twitter Morals Oxymoron Or Something For Real?

The year was 1999. It was a hot sweltering day in rural south Mississippi. I had been working 24/7 on my cartoon project and living and sleeping in an abandoned aluminum warehouse in rural Mississippi. I believe I had 180 cartoons on the Internet... Read >

Love Columnist Expands Lee Hiller Designs with Her Passion for Fashion

Her store began with nature photographs taken in the mid 1990's Erie, PA., continued with her 1999 collection of Washington DC shots which began her foray into digital photograph. If this were not enough Ms Hiller has begun a new range of designs bas... Read >

Thor The Family Dog Will Not Be With Us At Thanksgiving This Year

After my beautiful "Benji-looking" stray nearly died at age 12 around 1998, I began learning a great deal about alternative treatment and nutrition for animals, particular dogs and cats. Thor was one of those special kinds of dogs that everyone just had ... Read >

She Became An Award-Winning Fashion Designer At Home

Thanks to newly-transplanted (to Hot Springs, Ar from Portland Oregon) Lee Hiller, her camera, U.S. Keds, and the U.S. Post Office, Hot Springs is turning a lot of heads nationwide and even worldwide. Though Keds and USPS's online associate Zazzle where H... Read >