Francine with her best friend Tux. Francine excels at digging deep. Meet Francine and her best friend Tux. Francine came to the farm a...

Growing up, I had always been told that love was to be limited to a life partner, to family, and maybe to a few pets and a best friend....

By Michael Kramer and Debbie Dougherty When I first started working at the University of Missouri, I had a work mentor and role model. ...

It all started with my cat. Yoda is one of those hairless cats and he is not very nice. Oh, he is nice to me. As I write, he is snuggled...

It is Halloween, my friends, and the ghouls are about, the children are dressed up and the treats are all out. You sit by your front...

Something really weird happened this summer. I am talking really weird. My husband got sick and his doctor called him to see how he was...

By Fionna Clark and Debbie Dougherty Last week, I arrived early to my undergraduate organizational communication course to find two women...

Sometimes, when traveling, you meet the most interesting people. Like, twenty plus years ago, I was on a plane heading to a conference...

I have been in a lot of pain lately. Not the existential kind. The physical kind. It has been going on for close to five months and I am...

The Word of the Year for 2023 is Let's do This Thing.

Has anyone else noticed the gathering pressure to find #joy? There are books, and articles, and speeches, and blogs, all suggesting that...

In honor of Thanksgiving, I thought this week’s blog should focus on the good things in life. In particular, the people who make my life...