At the recent Memorial Day ceremonies, I was pleased to see most everyone in the crowd show respect for our flag, with hand over heart standing when one passed by.

Temptation jumped from a bulletin board at our local grocery. “Free hamsters to good home” headlined pictures of two available live balls of fur.

The Salem Community Theatre’s Youth Chorus have learned to make beautiful music together during the not quite 2-year span since they began.

I suppressed my telephone monster one morning when the woman caller incorrectly pronounced my daughter Josie’s first name, “May I speak to Nina (Nee-nah)?” We call both our girls by their middle names; a fate they will never forgive us for. Nina Josephine (Josie); Anna Katherine (Kathie); can you tell the same parents picked those […]

My mother-in-law and I spent an afternoon with my 20-year-old daughter in Kent. Josie adopted a kitten the week before our visit. I was more excited about meeting her pet than seeing her, and I admitted as much to her while I was there. There’s something so precious about the innocence of a baby animal […]

Can a book titled “Love Cajun Style” be worth reading?

It’s a special day that first time a daughter calls home after moving away and asks for Mom’s advice

The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) believes that America’s youth are quickly defining themselves as one the most civic- minded generations in nearly a century.

April is Soyfoods Month. Serve something soy.

My ringing telephone triggers a dread deep in my gut. I may be interrupting what I’m doing for no good reason. The people on the other end of the line who need this telemarketing job invade my time and space. Responses that once took me a moment to compose now come fast and sometimes furious. […]