Earlier this month I took a trip from northeast Tennessee up to Connecticut for a few days to visit with friends for their family reunion

My brother Ken Parks (aka, “Pastor Ken Parks”, “Pastor Max Parks”, etc.) is in good company when it comes to filing abusive, meritless, and utterly

As I write this blog article, many Americans are still reeling from the near-fatal assassination attempt on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.  Trump, and other

Over the years, especially in more recent years, I have encountered way too many people who have come out of spiritually abusive churches, or what

            Photo by Paulette J.  Buchanan Creating and tending flower and vegetable gardens are labors of love.  For me and others I know, gardening offers

May 6, 2024 is Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day.  I write this blog after weeks of escalating antisemitic riots taking place on university campuses

The following article I wrote was published in USA Daily Standard in February 2023 (https://usadailystandard.com/2023/02/06/ever-changing-irs-rules-or-a-national-sales-tax/) and it is just as pertinent in 2024 as it

Many of us are led on difficult paths in life that we would have never chosen to trod.  Coming up out of the deep, scary

February 8 is the International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking.  On January 31, 2024, Senate members grilled social media executives about their

Snow coming down in our yard in NE Tennessee.  (Photo by Paulette J. Buchanan) Snowy deer trail in our yard. (Photo by Paulette J. Buchanan)