By Tim Murphy: One of my first jobs was as a paper boy. My first first job was selling taffy apples door-to-door when I was eight. John t...

By Jill McWhirter: I shook in my red, pointy high-heeled shoes that I refused to give up for the dependable chiclet tennis shoes that no ...

By Roger Desmarais: Every old house has many rooms and hideaways filled with memories of early growth and expansion through years of deve...

By Hilary Thomas: In November we lost our beautiful, courageous, sharp-witted, fiercely loving, passionate mother. For over a week, she w...

By Gillian Kessler: My mama died at the beginning of this year. Saturdays are now the hardest days. Saturdays, a little before one in the...

By Roger Desmarais: There is a lovely wisdom contained in old phrases about life created by the elderly who have lived much of their live...

By Elizabeth Gracen: “Okay, Boomer.” My kid LOVES to say that to me. “Whatever you say, Karen. Do you want to speak to the manager?” That...

By Helen Cassidy Page: Chestnuts roasting on an open fire is all good, but not everybody rocks Christmas. At least not 24/7 like the song...

By Tim Murphy: When I was a kid, my Aunt Mary came to stay with us every Christmas. She was widowed twice and never had children. In fact...

By Gillian Kessler: It was the idea of the ghosts that I loved. A mess of found supplies laid willy nilly on the carpet while we worked t...

By Tim Murphy: Last week, my buddy Al and I were talking about the prejudices that we learned growing up. I grew up on the South side of ...

By Tina Albo: I’ve always believed that the best dishes went beyond tradition and taste. To me, any recipe is a simple blueprint to build...

By Annie Newcomer: Recently I attended a writers’ summer workshop for both youth and adults, which made for an interesting mingling. The ...

By Jane E. Drichta: Humans tell stories, it's what we do. Existence is by turns inspiring, awful, peaceful, chaotic; whatever the experie...

by Elizabeth Gracen: In our continuing series Making the World a Better Place, we highlight the amazing work being done by hard-working p...

By Jim Byrnes: Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're trying to be so quiet. —Bob Dylan "He is immortal. Born in the Hig...

We're back with more ideas to think about when it comes to being ready for life's emergencies, both big and small. In this post, we'll ad...

Thought you'd considered it all when it comes to emergency prevention and disaster preparedness? Well, if you really want to get serious ...

by Hilary Thomas: When I think back on defining moments in my life, spring of 1992 often pops into my head. It was a time that marked a t...

By Sherri Rabinowitz: One of the things I have never really understood is why people never listen to their elders’ stories. It is importa...