I have always loved words and there is what seems to be a new phenomenon happening—the portmanteau. These are words like “Podcast” from iPod and Broadcast, or “Blog” from Web and Log combined to make new words. We recently combined the word “correspondent” and the portmanteau “blog” to form Blog-o-spondent.

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Blog-o-spondent Video Contest to win Trip to BlogWorld. Photo from BlogWorld 2007.

Do you ever wonder to yourself, “why is all this happening to me?”  I have found myself feeling that way lately.  My husband and I bought a house, my Mom was diagnosed with cancer, and the ins and outs of day-to-day life began to feel daunting at times.  However, I continue to remind myself of the quote by Charles Swindoll, “Life is ten percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I

Do you know that song that everybody erroneously thinks the name is I’ve Looked at Clouds and that Judy Collins wrote? I’ve been humming that song today—which is really named Both Sides Now and was written by Joni Mitchell—as I recorded this episode of Red Belly Radio. Why you may ask?

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My favorite thing to do on the 4th of July: tubing the Comal River in New Braunfels, Texas. Also, I announce the winner of the tagline contest!