By Erika Weisensee Americans are spending more time than ever online, recent studies show. It goes without saying, more and more of our communication is happening in cyberspace. Emailing, instant-messaging, blogs and message boards provide ample ways for us to put our ideas out there. Unfortunately, when it comes to […]

by Shannon Ables Portland writer The Simply Luxurious Life “Money, while it can’t always buy happiness, is an important means to achieving higher living standards.” –Fortune magazine As a high school student, I can remember always doodling the phrase “Be Happy” on my worn out homework folders whenever I had […]

U.S. Teen Birth Rate Plummets: Report By Health Day News Teen birth rates in the United States are dropping sharply, especially among Hispanic teens, according to a new government report. Overall, the rate of birth among teens aged 15 to 19 dropped by nearly one half from 1991 to 2011 […]

. by Sandy Coughlin The Reluctant Entertainer Medford blogger, author, entertainer. I’ve often told my friends that if you want to keep a clean house, entertain every weekend. We don’t entertain every weekend, but we do often. There’s just something about knowing company’s coming that makes me dig in and […]

Viral Video: Flowergirl cries down the aisles

Carolyn J. Rose Oregon writer Deadly Duo Duh Blog Recently I read Pecos Valley Diamond, a mystery set 90 years ago in southern New Mexico and told from the point of view of a nineteen-year-old young woman. The character’s voice and the gentle tone of the book took me back […]

by Shannon Ables Portland writer The Simply Luxurious Life. 2013 Met Gala Best Dressed The biggest fashion red carpet of the year and the opening of the new fashion exhibition, this year’s Met Gala was centered around the theme Punk: Chaos to Couture. With such a tricky theme to navigate […]

Tina Clemans provided a letter this week about the rape of her daughter that occurred in the military to the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing that has been hosting meetings about military sexual ass ult within the ranks. The letter goes beyond just describing the rape incident to shining light […]

By Evergreen, Oregon writer, There is nothing out there saying when you break-up that you can’t have fun from it.  Check out below thsi break-up letter that has received a million views.

Thanksgiving Reunion with returning Afghanistan—A Mother’s Prayer Revisited Olivia C. Rossi, RN, MSN, ACSM Your Personal Trainer   My husband and I had just returned from a two-week trip to Virginia to visit our son. Our plane landed around 11:00am on Sunday. The Oregon Road Runners’ Club annual Up the […]