“Tell me about 9/11,” my daughter said. She and her husband were visiting from Georgia last weekend, and as she’s wont to do, she asked me to tell her about her childhood. Grace has no memory of her own about the terrorist attacks because she was just short of 2 years old that day. ...
Q. Would you please talk about two things in your column? The first is pretty straightforward. I became curious about chemical additives in our food when I read that the FIFA team from Norway brought their own food to the U.S., rather than let their team eat American food. I asked you to post ...
It has been quite a summer between severe storms and intense heat waves. The heat has been on at times all across the country with much of the midwest baking in 100-plus-degree temperatures. I can't say I'm used to the intense tropical summer heat of Florida yet, but I'm getting there. I ...
It was announced last week that Wild Things first baseman Andrew Czech and pitcher Kobe Foster won the Frontier League’s top two individual awards, the Most Valuable Player and Pitcher of the Year, respectively, in a vote of the independent league’s coaches, front office personnel and ...
The morning ritual had been the same for years: up at 7 and then walk the dog. Put on the coffee and while it’s brewing, finish the remainder of my morning thousand steps, do my stretches, pour the coffee and add the cream, hack off a square of extra-dark chocolate and head upstairs to my ...
Q. How do you deal with becoming an adult? – 17-year-old Mary Jo’s Response: I’ve been responding to teen questions since the 1980s and writing this column since 2005, and I believe this is one of the deepest questions I’ve received. I admire your courage in raising a topic many ...
