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Amazing performance! The rifle is the Garand M-1.

I have glaucoma. It is indeed a sneak thief of sight. I was blessed that my eye doctor caught it fairly early. Unfortunately, I waited six months too long for my annual eye check. My bad.
I take eye drops, and have regular checkups for pressure, and my vision is fine. But not everyone has an [...]

Is it: et al? et. al? et al.? or et. al.?

Why do people use the phrase et al.? And incidentally, what I just wrote is the right way to punctuate it. A period after the letter “l.”
Merriam Webster’s says the phrase is an abbreviation for “and others.” Same for The Chicago Manual of Style and [...]

By Ethan’s mother, Melissa
Ethan John Espenschied, born July 24, 2000, had a Developmental Delay diagnosis and an IEP at the age of three. He started kindergarten at the age of six, and when he was in first grade, he was diagnosed with ADHD.
Some time at the end of first grade, he’d occasionally wake up vomiting, [...]

This past week my brother and I drove a little west to the White Tank Mountain Regional Park to hike the Waterfall Canyon Trail. As I mentioned in my last blog post, I didn’t make it all the way.
However, I was in for a pleasant surprise: Petroglyph Plaza. There are ever so many rocks of [...]

My brother (David Crook) and I took a few hours off this afternoon and drove out to the White Tank Regional Park. I’d never been all the way up the Waterfall Trail, and that was my goal. However, I chickened out at about the half-way point. I am just restarting my fitness program and plan [...]

Both “ordinance” and “ordnance” are tied in to authority, but very differently. What a difference an “i” makes!
Ordinance is an authoritative degree, a municipal regulation (a law created by a governmental authority), or something decreed by fate or a deity. Think “ceremony,” “practice,” “law,” or “prescribed usage.”
Ordnance is a military term. It means military supplies, [...]

By Charlene Donahue
The day Heather Elizabeth Donahue was born, the nurse carried her by the foot of my bed, and there was this look in Heather’s eyes that called out to my mind that something was not quite right. I knew it wasn’t anything that the doctors could diagnose right then and there, but my [...]

By Juliette Palomaki
Alyssa Howe is a sweet, sassy redheaded six-year-old girl. When Alyssa was just three, she was diagnosed with Leukemia. Soon Alyssa was undergoing intense chemotherapy and all of her beautiful red hair fell out. But losing her hair didn’t keep Alyssa down. She is a fighter and she was determined to beat [...]