On My Mind
- Could you survive a tech-free weekend?
- Does it seem like your smartphone is attached to your hand? Can't go an hour without checking Facebook or Twitter? You're not alone!According to a CNN report, a new summer camp is designed to help adults take a break from technology. Organizers promi... Full story
- Bullying not the way to build character
- A couple of months ago, our online commenters had a lively discussion about bullying in schools. One woman essentially said that bullying is just part of life, builds character and makes the victims stronger.I could not disagree more, especially when... Full story
- Beware the flu monster
- I've spent the last week struggling to recover from the flu.I haven't had it in years, which after the last week, I now realize is a blessing.Since my daughter was born, I've been very proactive about health issues. She had bad allergies as an infant... Full story
- Lunch conversation would be different today
- Back in 2002, a young journalist from Back East came to work at the Yuma Sun and brought her mother along to see what this city in the desert Southwest was all about.When the journalist arrived, her supervisor was away, so I took it upon myself to ta... Full story
- More than just a road rescue
- Driving down the road toward the Picacho recreation area, one man came upon another man, standing beside a broken-down truck. The first man offered help, and said he would pick him up on his way back if the man was still there when he returned. As... Full story
- PL8s cre8 messages
- No-nonsense grammarians might pull their hair, but I give credit to people who can assemble numbers and letters of the alphabet into creative combinations on personalized license plates to describe themselves, their occupations or interests.Some memo... Full story
- Seatmates will be thankful Gordo is gone
- Few things prove the sweetness of weight loss quite like air travel. Although I’m still “I’d like an aisle seat” kind of big, I am grateful to be past the days of dreading what I love most – foreign travel. A couple hu... Full story
- To Mom: Why, oh why?
- Where does the light go when it goes out? Where does the sky end? Why aren't birds electrocuted on wires? How do we know God is real if we can't see him? Kids will ask anything and everything. As a matter of fact, a British study found that mothers g... Full story
- Mother’s Day Kisses help ease the pain
- I went to Fry's on a Sunday morning in 2004. I saw people walking out of the store with flowers and balloons.“What's going on?” I asked myself.As I approached the entrance, I saw a huge Mother's Day display. The occasion was not on my min... Full story
- A love that bloomed with yellow roses
- This week, my grandma would have turned 84. My grandfather had a long-standing tradition: For every celebration, he got a bouquet of yellow roses.In fact, when he proposed to her, it was with yellow roses and a charm bracelet overflowing with silver ... Full story
- Plenty of Arizona vacation spots
- There is a television station out of Phoenix that sent its morning news team to San Diego for a live broadcast Monday and Tuesday.The purpose was to promote summer vacations in San Diego.Yes, San Diego.While I do enjoy spending time in that port city... Full story
- “Keep calm” in keeping with the times
- You’ve probably seen some of the popular "Keep Calm" quotes on merchandise and on social media sites. Keep Calm and Carry On was originally on a propaganda poster produced by the British government in 1939 during the beginning of World War II... Full story
- Joe Orduño would be proud of namesake park
- I think Joe Orduño would be proud if he could see the park in San Luis, Ariz., named for him.Orduño was a San Luis police officer killed in a 1986 traffic accident while answering a report of a child kidnapping. The report turned out to... Full story
- The power to share the love of reading
- It’s not often that you can walk up to a library and barely have room to stick your hands inside.Then again, most libraries aren’t smaller than a microwave and festooned with just a single shelf. That’s just the beginning of my lov... Full story
- Dear thieves: Gotcha!
- Don't you love it when a bad guy gets caught?Apparently some laptop thieves are getting caught unawares, with the help of tracking software and apps.I heard about a thief in Yuma who was caught after the owner activated the tracking software on an el... Full story
- My daily encounters with the dearly departed
- Part of my job at the newspaper is placing the obituaries on the pages. I often find myself staring at the photos of the deceased and wondering what they were like in person. So many of them have such sweet, inviting smiles. I wish I could have met ... Full story
- A contest not far, far away
- May is a pretty awesome month.In my family, we celebrate several birthdays and our wedding anniversary, and there's Mother's Day and Memorial Day, too.But there are some pretty off-beat holidays in there as well, and the Yuma Sun plans on celebrating... Full story
- Amid changes, paper presses on
- I don't know. Please take note, that will be my answer to anyone who asks me today and in the days to come how the Yuma Sun's sale to Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers will impact me or the my fellow associates. This is what I expect to happen: Nothin... Full story
- Time to be responsible for our actions
- Choices have consequences. This life lesson is most often learned the hard way, and frequently takes repeated incidents. Passion can derail the best intentions, especially for public figures. Mayor Al Krieger and Sen. Don Shooter have found themse... Full story
- Divisive drug cartel gunbattles loom
- Strategic Forecasting, a Texas-based global intelligence company that serves governments and transnational companies, reports that Mexico is seeing a trend of “fragmentation” among the country's drug cartels as factions within them try to... Full story
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