Help Harley find a home
I ’m Harley, the life of the party! I’m a 1 ½ year old Hound mix. I’m dog, cat and kid friendly and I would love a family who would take me on daily walks or even runs. I know sit and down but would […]
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Landscape structures provide function & beauty
By Melinda Myers Incorporate arbors, trellises and other structures into your designs when planning new or updating existing gardens and landscapes. These structures help form the framework of any garden, add year-round interest and provide years of beauty and function. Utilize arbors to define and […]
Take home Tutu & Tilly
Tilly and Tutu are 5-month-old doxie/heeler mixes. They are currently 10 and 12 pounds but should be around 20 – 25 pounds when full grown. They are sweet, wiggly puppies who love to go for walks, romp around with other dogs of similar size and […]
One-pot Gluten-Free cooking
The Four Seasons Salad | Serves 4 This recipe is for my super chic, classy, champagne-loving, and hostess-with-the-mostest friend, Janae. She asked me for a “go-to” salad that she can serve for any occasion or holiday when entertaining. I came up with the idea to […]
Cultivating a career
By Sonia Duggan Dave Forehand has spent his entire career surrounded by beauty. Day after day for 34 years he has been behind the scenes, managing, planning and designing visual delights for the public to consume: Flowers, shrubs, bushes, trees, for all types of gardens […]
Travel back in time
Sunshine, sand, history awaits in St. Augustine By Sydni Ellis Magic fills the air in Florida. You can feel it – it’s that warm feeling of pure bliss when crunchy white sand sticks in between your toes, brilliant blue water sparkles nearby and genuine smiles […]
Bed Start
Sharing beds and furnishings with neighbors in need By Sonia Duggan It’s 7:30 a.m. on a Saturday morning in a parking lot across the street from Custer Road United Methodist Church in Plano. Cars and trucks file in, many carrying sleepy teenagers needing last minute […]
Ringing up a collection
By Joe Reavis Deep in the recesses of a building in downtown Wylie in an old bank vault, rest nine functional works of art representing a portion of the antique cash register collection of Bob Heath. The cash registers date back to the late 1800s […]
Salute to Crescent City
Jambalaya is one of the more beloved dishes in Louisiana, where locals know there’s a difference between Cajun jambalaya and Creole jambalaya. Creole jambalaya, such as the following recipe from Neal Corman and Chris Peterson’s “Virgil’s Barbecue Road Trip Cookbook” (St. Martin’s Press) includes tomatoes […]
COPE: Cost of Poverty Experience
connects churches, communities By Sonia Duggan For 2 ½ hours on a cold, blustery February day I experienced poverty. I was a 65-year old woman married to a 67-year-old man living on a very restricted income. We lived in an apartment on income from my […]
