About: Emily Mayer

I love holidays, and one of the most solemn is Memorial Day. Originally known as Decoration Day, the day was set aside to remember the Civil War dead, but has since expanded to remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice to defend and protect our nation, and to include all family members regardless of military…

The mascot for our local high school is a blue pony. No one for sure knows the source of the name, but the most plausible explanation is they were named after the Blue Pony coal mine, referred to as such because of the color of the mine ponies as they came out of the mine.…

I love lilacs! Their sweet, heady scent wafts through my Victorian cottage during the season, as the bushes are near my bedroom window and it is so refreshing after a long winter to open the window and let in the beautiful scent. It is so sad to see them go, but there is a way…

In my last blog, I stated my brothers and I enjoyed Star Wars. It was one of the few things I enjoyed doing with my brothers. I grew up in a neighborhood full of boys, so if I wanted friends, I had to learn to play with the boys. Rarely did I do "girl things",…