Image source I am full of contradictions. I want to be in control, to know how my life will end up, to see around corners and forego the...

We'd just returned from our beloved roommate's beautiful wedding, ascending the stairs weary from a long drive back, but with happy...

It’s no wonder they died 10 weeks apart. They were married 76 years, with eight children and 22 grandchildren and three...

“I forgot where I parked my car,” she sighed, glancing at me with a worried look. “Oh, I hate when that happens,” I responded sincerely,...

I just spent a week in Italy with my family. We stayed in a villa. It was a dream. There’s just nothing like time abroad to shift one’s...

I took down some art from my bedroom walls recently. “IKEA art isn’t real art,” I reasoned. (“That’s true,” my painter of a roommate...

My friend Mary came over for dinner last night. For a few glorious hours, she and my roommate and I sat at the table and drank wine and...

All I want to know is if they survived. Well, I suppose it’s more than that. I want to know why they were driving so fast at 4:30 on a...

“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and...

I never thought I’d have so much in common with a fictional 12 year-old boy in small-town Illinois in 1928. Dandelion Wine ranks in my...