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Video: Daryle Singletary and Ronda Vincent singing “One”

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I have always enjoyed multiple genres of music and a wide variety of artists. Two singers that I have really liked for a long time are Daryle Singletary and Rhonda Vincent.

Daryle and Rhonda are best known as solo artists in different genres (Country and Bluegrass, respectively), but not long before Daryle’s untimely passing in 2018 they started teaming up as duet partners, singing a number of country classics as well as several songs that were written either by them, or for them.  [Read more…]

The awesome power of kindness and compassion

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“Be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.“
     –John Watson (pen name: Ian Maclaren)

I have read this quote many times over the years and it always makes me pause and think.

Every human being on planet Earth is fighting some type of battle, and while another person’s battle might not be apparent others, to that person it is very, very real.

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Think diamonds are rare? Well, that’s actually just a myth.

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It’s widely believed that diamonds are extremely rare, hence the high prices we’re willing to pay for diamond jewelry.

But guess what? Diamonds aren’t really rare at all.

Truth be told, that’s just a carefully-crafted myth designed to keep both the desire to acquire them and the prices we have to pay for them as high as possible.

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This device could literally save your life (and the lives of your loved ones)

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I don’t know about you but I’ve definitely noticed a shift in weather patterns over the years. Places that used to rarely get hit with tornadoes and other terrible storms are now getting hit with greater frequency.

Two incidents that immediately come to mind are the powerful tornado that ravaged parts of my region on April 28, 2011 and Hurricane Helene that literally washed entire Appalachian towns away in September 2026.  [Read more…]