These are the best days of life
Seabolt celebrates her son's 18th birthday.
Spiders and shipping boxes
Kymberly Foster Seabolt comes face to face with a strange spider shipped to her by mistake.
Pocketbooks and rain bonnets
Kym Seabolt considers the usefulness of women's purses and fashions throughout the generations of women in her family.
Find your own blue ribbon specialties
Kym Seabolt reminds readers why we need to make sure we keep up our "homemade" skills for the coming generations.
The long goodbye
Saying goodbye in the Midwest is a process that must follow very specific guidelines.
Daddy’s girl
Kym Seabolt's daughter loves her apartment, law school and her grown-up life, but she will always be her daddy's girl.
Ghost jobs
Kymberly Foster Seabolt contemplates the possibility of haunted houses and hopes ghosts are haunting hers.
Surviving the family dinner: Why you should never discuss politics or holes in jeans
Writer Kymberly Foster Seabolt explores the beauty of "last" holidays, passing down family recipes, and the simple rules for a joyful, drama-free Christmas.
Jingles all the way
Explore the nostalgic world of catchy jingles and "ear worms" that live rent-free in our heads, from Band-Aids to Big Macs. Why is advertising so unforgettable?
Not everyone can agree on home improvements
Kymberly Foster Seabolt reflects on how everyone's own personal taste is factored into the "improvements" they make to their homes.






















