The day after Christmas, my granddaughter Elodie and I cooked a menu of her design for the family. When tucked into bed that night, she said to her mother, “I …

  I never thought much about a son-in-law until I got one. We were deep into our small town life as usual when Ben Weprin showed. He and our daughter …

On the occasion of the solar eclipse, a fortune teller posed doubtfully in front of a disc jockey bumping Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse of the Heart. As I sat on …

  What in the name of Sam Hill’s grandmama’s silver is needed by the generations to come? One insurance executive commented that “technology is developing so fast that autonomous vehicles …

  Children stampeding – Senses sharp as the crisp air – New car coats flapping – Runny noses. White bobby socks tinted tan by swirling red clay dust. Smocked dresses …

  Quite a few folks I know find comfort in paying homage at the cemetery. I once thought I would make those visits too because in a sense, the notion …

  There is a magical way to complete a trip to the free space of childhood. Such a break from grown-up land would be immersion into a small town music …

  Relocation has been the leitmotif of my life. And not just in the physical sense of moving to a new town though that was a constant until I was …

Would you do it again was the question. Really it is miraculous that I agreed the first time. Cataloging the reasons not to volunteer any day on anything are endless. …

“It’s all going to hell in a hand basket.” There’s that jaw dropping statement once used exclusively by elder peoples. This descriptor appears to be spreading, infiltrating the young and even …