“Crowd Funding on the Oregon Trail”

Oxford dictionary defines crowdfunding as, “the practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet.” Crowdfunding has been around since the 1700’s, however the modern day version of crowdfunding surfaced in 1997 when the British rock band Marillion funded their Read More

“All Hallows Eve”

Ghosts, witches, Jack O’Lanterns, haunted houses, costumes and millions of pounds of candy can only mean one thing, Christmas is right around the corner!!  October 31 is the day designated on our Gregorian calendar as Halloween, or the holiday formerly known as, “All Hallows’ Eve.” Unbeknownst to most people, the holiday we celebrate today actually Read More

“Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces”

February 2017 my husband I moved the short one hundred mile distance from San Marcos, Texas to Beeville.  Who knew the incredible difference those miles would make in our lives?  Certainly not I. Nestled just 30 miles South of the state’s capitol of Austin, and 51 miles north of San Antonio, home to Texas State Read More

No Greater Love: The Forgotten Heroes of Our American Military

Mention the word hero and the mind conjures up a vast array of images.  Those images might range from fictitious comic book characters, to larger than life sports celebrities, to the notorious rich and famous, to the great philosophical thinkers of this century. However, the truest heroes live by the Biblical mantra, “Greater love hath Read More