Black History Month is taking on a different meaning for me this year. I was fortunate enough to grow up in a household that taught me black history all year. I am half Ghanaian and half African-American and my parents made sure that I knew my history from both sides. At an early age, I…… MORE
Because of my work hours here in the radio biz, I usually have some free time in the afternoons. I’ve been searching for a way to spend that time and realized long ago that a part-time job would keep my mind busy and add to my income. So, I’ve tried a few things. They’ve all…… MORE
If we’re lucky we make it through most of our lives without being hammered too hard or too often by personal tragedy. Still, life strikes us all with blows that send us to our knees. ALEDO, TX (WBAP/KLIF News) – WBAP has lost a beloved member of the family: Hal Jay’s oldest son, Josh Harbuck, 36,…… MORE
You hear all the time about workers leaving vacation days on the table, I can assure you I’m not one of them! But am I really getting the most out of my vacation? I asked myself that after just getting back from an amazing trip to London with my husband. It was kind of a…… MORE
We just finished the holiday season. A time to show your loved ones how you feel by sharing a gift, like the Wise Men brought gifts to Baby Jesus. I asked my Facebook friends what they bought themselves for Christmas. Many of them said “nothing.” Not surprising to me most of the “nothings” came from…… MORE
If your Facebook “friends” are anything like mine, you were made to feel like the butt of their jokes during Friday’s “winter storm.”… MORE
2016 was a difficult year. I watched someone very special to me lose a hard-fought battle with cancer at the beginning of the year. What helped me get through it was to remember to take in life’s beautiful moments. It’s something that I have always done but it seemed to resonate with me more this…… MORE
Growing up in the Midwest, Christmas was something my family launched into at full speed. Then that seemed to slow a bit the older I got. Present Day, my Christmas comes in the middle of the month. Traveling back to the Kansas City area to see my family, exchanging gifts, then it’s back home to…… MORE
No doubt we are all breathing a sign of relief today…especially those of us in the news media (now we can start chasing new, un-election related stories!) But in the meantime…last night I was very focused on social media. One because I was live tweeting election results for my job and two because I’m fascinated with…… MORE
Today, finally, is election day and I will say no more about it. Except this: For sixteen months we’ve been treated by the candidates, the media and our own friends to a daily avalanche of vicious insults and variously skilled manipulations of truth, maybe more than at any time in American history. This has been the…… MORE
