Nancy Blackmon

Don’t skip Thanksgiving

Monday was my youngest brother’s birthday, but Jim wasn’t here to celebrate it with his family. It’s been ...

Nancy Blackmon

Random acts encourage us to look for good

The checkout line is mid-length, somewhere between not-quite-too-many-people and open-another-cash-register-NOW. I’m third back trying to count how many ...

Nancy Blackmon

Al took his ‘Ramblin’s’ on to heaven

He loved words, the way he could string and twist and weave them into sentences. Then he would ...

Nancy Blackmon

We should be less partisan when voting

Months ago, long before the primaries that preceded the mid-term election about to take place on November 6, ...

Nancy Blackmon

Life keeps moving at breakneck pace

“Days go by. I can feel ‘em flying like a hand out the window in the wind…” When ...

Nancy Blackmon

Mom is strong role model, ‘tough old bird’

Today, September 18, she turns 94. She says she doesn’t want to celebrate — says she’s done with ...

Nancy Blackmon

Songwriter’s words made a difference

It’s not often you get to meet an artist who wrote music that touched you in a profound ...

Nancy Blackmon

Years later, she still has anxiety about school

My adult daughter who has autism was awake before 8 a.m. on Labor Day, an unusual thing for ...

Nancy Blackmon

Kindness might save all of our lives

What’s the difference between kind and nice? They are words that don’t seem to be in our vocabulary ...

Nancy Blackmon

Interesting things happen when we see each other

Rain was falling as I passed a girl walking along the highway on my way to town a ...

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