Opinion

It was snowing hard, the way it almost never does anymore, and I decided I needed to go for my walk, heedless of the weather. “I probably won’t be gone long!” I texted a friend in California as I headed out the door looking like an Arctic explorer.

Waking up this morning, pulling the covers over my head as we all did as a child. As the lights were turned on. Blinded through the cloth, the light twinkled through the threads. Reminded by reality – we’re adults.

We have all heard of multitasking. I am here to tell you all these years of “multitasking” have been a myth. Multitasking is not an actual real thing. Hard claim, I know. Do not worry, it is a lot to hear. Considering how our brain and body are connected, the attention span cannot directly perform two or more actions at once.

This year marks the 50th anniversary since Roe v. Wade.

“I have to say, that is a very nice hat!” I told the man as he passed me on the sidewalk. The man in the snazzy blue fedora had a serious look on his face, as if he was thinking deeply about something far more important than the indigo-blue hat with the red feather sitting on his head.

Carrie Classon’s, “Blue Yarn: A Memoir,” is available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other fine stores. Learn more at CarrieClasson.

As the new year is ahead in view, the lessons learned this year have helped me through the trajectory of my life thus far. I have learned three main things this year and will share some details about each.

As the Congressional inquiry into the Jan. 6 insurrection paused for a summer recess, U.S.

As the Congressional inquiry into the Jan. 6 insurrection paused for a summer recess, U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney insisted: “Every American must consider this: Can a president who is willing to make the choices Donald Trump made during the violence of Jan. 6 ever be trusted with any position of authority in our great nation again?”

Missouri voters will face something unfamiliar when it comes time to nominate their party’s presidential candidates in 2024. Gone are the days of arriving at a polling place during a primary election and casting a vote in private.