The guest columnist, Danny Gardner, wrote a thought-provoking column in the January 20th edition of The Sun Times.

Spiders tend to be more active at night.  We’re not dumb.  We know that a size 13 boot is likely to ruin our entire day if we scurry about during daylight hours, especially if your hosts are particularly squeamish.

I just began a new Coaching Class.  I coach people in Diet Wellness which includes Body Composition. I wanted to help my new class get up to speed quickly, so they could become successful without delay.

It is easy to find reasons not to exercise and common myths about exercise can foster a lack of activity.  Anyone can exercise in one way or another.  First we need to look at these myths and get at the truth.

here must come a time, eventually, when a mother feels comfortable leaving her children at home to watch themselves.

I was recently catching up on some of my TV viewing. I am a couch potato, I admit it. Criminal Minds is one of my favorite shows, I had missed a couple of episodes so I started watching the episode called Retaliation.

For many of us over the past week, the tragedy in Haiti, health care and politics have been reduced to background noise because of the unexpected loss of Tommy Smith, one of Cleburne County’s native sons and prominent lawyers.

Around the holidays an important story broke in USA Today.  This publication is not known for its conservative slant and usually leans heavily to the left.  This story pertains to the salaries of government employees.

My husband is a toilet whisperer.  Now before you have visions of crazy people talking to themselves while sitting on the john, let me explain.

A couple of weeks ago I wrote that you can reinvent yourself in 2010.  I also said you didn’t need to be part of a reality show to do it.

Energy bars have come to the rescue of the health conscious candy bar consumer.  They look and taste like candy bars, contain protein and fiber, and are loaded with vitamins and minerals.  They are convenient, taste good, and thanks to an incredible amount of advertising hype, they are consumed without the guilt of the candy bar.

Something to think about. Folks, first I want to wish ya’ll a Happy New Year. I think we have reason to at least hope for a little better economic year.

Just over twenty years ago, the movie “Wall Street” was released, in which a stock trader and corporate raider named Gordon Gekko (played by Michael Douglas), delivered a speech to a meeting of the Teldar Paper Company in which he extolled the virtues of greed.

I am a very light sleeper, but if I have a warm, quiet place to sleep, I could do so at the drop of a hat.  So I guess, for me, those are my requirements for a good night’s sleep:  warmth, quiet and a hat.

As I have mentioned before, my goal when I decided to write a series of columns on Memphis music and musicians was to educate the reader on the Memphis sound and the excellent musicians that created and maintain it.