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Joseph Addison said, “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” For me, reading is also entertainment. Three of my recent reading topics were winter weather predictions, ways to save energy at home, and financial lessons for teens and young people. 

FRANKFORT, KY (October 27, 2023) – Kentucky residents deserve to have their energy needs met at a reasonable cost without fear of brownouts or blackouts like those experienced with Winter Storm Elliott in 2022.  The failure of a single natural gas valve on the coldest day of the year shut down the grid and caused Kentucky families and businesses needless harm and suffering. 

School districts update on teacher and staff raises as lawmakers prepare for next budget

Our Lord shed His blood on the cross 2,000 years ago. This blood has cleansing power, the likes of which has not been equaled by man. In fact, there is nothing man can do to cleanse himself from sin, but Christ’s blood can cleanse man from sin!

The following is taken from the 10-22 edition of CBS Sunday Morning and reporter Mo Rocca.  Say the name Jim Thorpe and many would argue you’re talking about the greatest American athlete ever.  But there’s one place in America where the name Jim Thorpe is synonymous with home.  Nestled ibn the foothills of the Pocono mountains lies a charming Burrough once nicknamed “the Switzerland of America”.  Locals call it something else now: Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania.  You couldn’t miss the name if you tried.  There’s Jim Thorpe neighborhood bank, Jim Thorpe Market, Jim Thorpe Boroug

Lately, it seems like every time I turn on the news, there’s a report about dementia and the things that make you more likely to develop it.  The latest reports are about how women are more likely to develop dementia than men: and people with ADHD are more likely to develop dementia than people without it.  You know what that means, don’t you? I’m in big trouble, for I am a woman with ADHD.

It is not uncommon for men to marvel at things. However, the Son of God marveling at something, merits our attention. On one occasion, Jesus marveled at men’s faith. In Matthew 8:5-10, we read, “And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.

“I call shotgun” is, at least in the United States, the widely understood declaration that the speaker has claims on “shotgun” or the front passenger seat.  For a trip with multiple passengers, calling “shotgun” affirms one’s place in the most desirable seat in the car.  But where did the phrase originate? If you’re thinking the old west, you’re half right.

Recently, I read an article about why people relocate. Some of the reasons mentioned were cost of housing, being close to friends and family, size and type of available housing, and changing jobs. Certainly, people relocate for various reasons.

Thinking about this, I asked friends and family, “If you had no constraints (responsibilities, financial concerns, etc.) to consider, where would you like to live? Their responses are listed below.

-Near Yellowstone National Park or the beach, but I’d want my family to go with me.

When I was a little girl, if my parents went somewhere, my two younger sisters and I went along.  At that time, we had two older sisters who could have kept an eye on us at home, however, my dad and stepmom always took the three of us with them on these relatively insignificant trips.  We never went anywhere remotely interesting.  The interesting trips, like to the grocery store, involved the ent