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Manic Monday, Time, and the Spaces We Can’t Control
After today, there are only a couple of Mondays left in this year, and it feels like time has been moving as fast as the Millennium Falcon jumping to hyperspace. One moment you’re planning, the next you’re wondering how the calendar flipped so quickly. Somewhere along the way, the days began to blur, and now…
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Thankful Thursday: The Gift of Water
It’s November, a month traditionally steeped in gratitude, yet the world feels heavy right now. Wars rage across the globe, the economy feels uncertain, a government shutdown has disrupted travel and strained food banks, and late-season Hurricane Melissa has left communities reeling. In moments like these, it can be hard to find reasons to be…
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Wednesday Wisdom: Tough Cities Rise Again — Youngstown’s New Chapter
“Tough times don’t last. Tough cities do.”Those words, painted boldly on the side of Penguin City Brewing in downtown Youngstown, aren’t just a mural. They’re a mantra, a reminder that even after decades of loss and hardship, resilience still runs through the veins of this Rust Belt city like molten steel once did. From Steel…
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Sunday Funday: The Price of Magic
I was five years old in the summer of 1979 when my parents loaded up the car — no GPS, no iPads, just a paper map that folded like origami and an endless chorus of “Are we there yet?” We were headed south from Ohio to sunny Florida to visit friends in Daytona Beach. Their…
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Big Brother Season 27: A Bittersweet Goodbye
Finale night always carries a strange mix of excitement and sadness. For me, it’s not unlike the end of a summer spent working at Cedar Point. While I wasn’t locked away in a house for 90 days, I worked up to 100 hours a week, six days at a time, living in dorm housing and…
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Friday Flashback: Rom-Com Road Trips, Woody Wagons, and Singing with Chicago
Before swipe-right culture and algorithm-driven meet-cutes, there was something magical about serendipity. A Lot Like Love (2005), starring Amanda Peet and Ashton Kutcher, is a testament to that beautiful chaos of timing, chemistry, and chance. It’s not just a rom-com—it’s a soft, slow burn that captures what it means to grow up, fall apart, and…
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Throwback Thursday with HEART: When Love Songs Met Power Chords
Marriage can be a kind of wonderful thing—two people blending their lives together, sharing dreams, and building memories. But what happens when they have distinct differences of opinion? Case in point: my hubby likes to play DJ. And when he does, he always goes for classic 70s HEART—songs like Crazy on You, Magic Man, and…
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