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2025 has been an amazing year for me and my book, MAYA BLUE A MEMOIR OF SURVIVAL. I’m excited to say MAYA BLUE was nominated for the prestigious 2025 Kirkus Prize. It was chosen as one of Maria Shriver’s 2025 Best Summer Reads, received the 2025 Readers’ Favorite Bronze Award, and was named one of

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I was driving to meet a friend for lunch this week, and within a 10-mile stretch, I saw three new

“I’m late! I’m late! For a very important date.” And just how important was that date, when you’re sitting in

If you saw the video tour I did, last year of my new house, then you may remember my favorite

This isn’t the post I’d planned to write – it’s not really the post I want to write – which

Like an Italian Woodstock, people of all ages and nationalities, wearing Rolling Stones t-shirts, poured into the walled Renaissance city

I have the rare blessing of a lifelong friendship with my high school math teacher. Ms. Bowers taught me every

Peter Cincotti’s grandmother couldn’t have known that her gift of a toy piano would create the stage for her then,

I first heard about ‘Sisters on the Fly’ this spring when we were camping at Lake Georgetown, TX. It’s one

My name is Kathleen Staunton. I’m a 16-year-old high school junior. When I was 10, my brother Rory died from

I have become the tail bone pain (coccydynia) expert of Central Texas. Recently I saw someone with coccydynia, from Waco,

In the face of the disaster in my home state of Texas, I was hesitant to post about my great

This week the nation has watched my state endure—and survive—a devastating natural catastrophe named Harvey. We’ve seen images of people

How many times a day do you sit on the throne? Obviously for women it’s a lot more than for

My mother always told me, “Don’t tell people your problems; half won’t care, and the other half will think you

I just returned from a week in Colorado with my family, trading the brutal Texas heat for 40 degree mornings,

“What’s Going On?,” Marvin Gaye’s rallying cry against America’s festering hate and social unrest, is still as relevant today as

While passing through an airport security check, actress Ashley Judd had a major meltdown. At fault was a screener who

Brenda’s “Talented and Expensive Feet” and “Forgive Me Dear Feet” posts reminded me of something I can’t write enough about.