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Open enrollment: What to know before you enroll

Open enrollment: What to know before you enroll

Open enrollment: What to know before you enroll

Provided By Frank Conrad
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
For many people, fall brings an important opportunity: open enrollment. While it may not sound as exciting as planning for the holidays, taking a careful look at your workplace benefits now could save you hundreds or even thousands of dollars next year.
Another day in the life

Another day in the life

Another day in the life

Tracy Farr
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Here’s how the system works around here: Technically, I’m retired, but I go to work for half the day then spend the other half trying to figure out what to cook for dinner. It’s not like I don’t have a plan, I’m just not sure if I have all the ingredients.
That’s when I work in a nap

That’s when I work in a nap

That’s when I work in a nap

Leon Aldridge
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.”— Old saying attributed to many sources. I first heard it from my grandfather.------“Do you ever wonder what birds are saying,” a friend once asked. “So peaceful, listening to them.
The world is watching

The world is watching

The world is watching

Debby Efurd
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
As I am writing, I am glued to the television watching the highly anticipated peace agreement in the Middle East being signed and heralded. The last twenty living hostages have been released by Hamas from Gaza as part of the ceasefire agreement with Israel.
Let there be peace

Let there be peace

Let there be peace

Tracy Farr
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Once again, I was not awarded a Peace Prize this year. Not even a piece of a Peace Prize. And do you know how long I’ve been advocating for myself to win one? Forever.
Governor breaks ranks to like Ike

Governor breaks ranks to like Ike

Governor breaks ranks to like Ike

Bartee Haile
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Allen Shivers joined Dwight Eisenhower on Oct. 14, 1952 for a wreath-laying ceremony at the Alamo. This unprecedented show of support by the Democratic governor for the Republican presidential nominee crushed any hope Adlai Stevenson had of carrying the Lone Star State.
It’s the frosting on the cake

It’s the frosting on the cake

It’s the frosting on the cake

Tracy Farr
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Free To A Good Home: Three and a half cups of homemade buttercream cupcake frosting that I recently made for my daughter’s birthday and misjudged how much I’d actually need — and when I say recently, I mean last Saturday morning at 4:35 a.m.
And now you know

And now you know

And now you know

Debby Efurd
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Some of my fondest memories are of Paul Harvey as he would tels stories in his own inimitable fashion. The best part was hearing … “and now you know the rest of the story.” He always added small details never heard before of bigger events. I ran across one recently.
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