February 14 dawned cold and wet and gray. It seemed fitting. My husband, George, and I had separated…
The call came one September morning, before I’d had my coffee. “Julie, he’s drinking again.” Our family member…
The call came one September morning, before I’d had my coffee. “Julie, he’s drinking again.” Our family member…
On a Monday afternoon in early May, a red retrofitted ambulance pulls up to Bill Barnack’s house in…
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Accountant Steve Greig’s motley family of 16 animals has taken over his suburban Colorado home. Crazy? Not to…
March marks the 98th year since the founding of the American Legion. Most of us are only familiar…
It was one of those rare nights when I actually sat down for dinner with my family. We…
I write books for a living, but it took a dog to teach me what living was all…
Back in 1996 the Markovitzes were the only Jewish family on a street in Newton, Pennsylvania. Come December…
Last week we learned that my daughter Elizabeth’s potassium and phosphorus levels were dangerously low, putting her at…
Lin-Manuel Miranda has won Grammys, Tonys and the Pulitzer Prize for the Broadway play he wrote and starred…
